LONDON - The Chinese Silk Culture and Emb roi dery Art Exhibition kicked off in London on Tuesday. The two-day exhibition, held in the building of Bank of China 's London Branch, brings together ...

Chinese silk embroidery has been a staple of national culture and tradition for thousands of years, with pieces being found from as early as the Zhou dynasty (1046 to 256BC).

The silk embroidery uses ultra-fine threads to create highly detailed patterns resembling a traditional Chinese painting. The needles and threads used in Gu embroidery are very thin.

China was the first culture to discover and use silk and as a result, through successive line of mastery, is still a world leader in the manufacture and art of silk embroidery.

The museum narrates the history of the Chinese silk industry and displays exquisite works of Shu embroidery and brocade, two important symbols of the 3,000-year-old city," she said.

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Thomczek identified it as a 19 th century Chinese silk panel, adding that it is “really nicely done and the work is quite intricate. It has small metal bits woven into the silk. He wasn’t sure ...

She learned embroidery as a teenager, and remembers the old dating custom, Throwing the Silk Ball. Men and women would be divided into groups and sing impromptu songs. If the women saw someone liked, ...