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Friday, June 13, 2014

Top Five Popular Chinese Traditional Arts and Crafts

The following are my pick of Five Popular Chinese Traditional Arts and Crafts, anyone who loves Chinese culture and arts can take a look.

Chinese Embroidery

Chinese embroidery

Chinese embroidery is a very long established art form famous in the world. It is one of the oldest extant needlework. The four major regional styles of Chinese embroidery are Suzhou embroidery (Su Xiu), Hunan embroidery (Xiang Xiu), Guangdong embroidery (Yue Xiu) and Sichuan embroidery (Shu Xiu). All of them are nominated as Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage. Embroidery adds much pleasure to Chinese life and culture.