Photo taken in 2010 shows Yao Huifen making Suzhou Embroidery. Suzhou Embroidery, one of the four most famous embroideries in China, is originated in Suzhou and has a history of more than 2,000 years.

In the recent ten years, Yao Huifen created a new method of embroidery called "Simple Stitch", and incorporated Chinese traditional paintings and portraits into her works, many of which were collected ...

A double-sided embroidery displayed in the "Embroidery Art of Yao Jianping" exhibition in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China. [Photo by Wang Yiming/China.org.cn] ...

An exhibition showcasing China’s Suzhou embroidery art is being held at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum in Beijing from December 23, 2023, to January 1, 2024. The exhibition ...

Many of her works have been included in museum and gallery collections. According to Lu, her 25-year-old daughter studied design at university and became an embroidery practitioner after her ...

Suzhou, a 2,500-year-old city near Shanghai, boasts nine Unesco-protected gardens. We visited the 500-year-old Humble Administrator's Garden, the largest of the lot at 12.4 acres.

Explore the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art, a village of 12 pavilions reimagining historic urbanism and landscape in Suzhou. Designed by BIG.

The Suzhou Museum opens a limited engagement exhibition “Bronzes of Wu, Yue and Chu States” on display now until September 2, 2017. This special viewing complements the permanent collection ...

In 2001, the mayor of modern Suzhou, approached the architect I. M. Pei, FAIA, to design a museum at a critical juncture: deep in the historic district at the intersection of two canals in the ...

Lu's Suzhou embroidery shop is situated among the white-walled and black-tiled buildings in the Pingjiang Historic and Cultural Block. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China ...