Suzhou embroidery
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Suzhou embroidery, also known as Su embroidery, is one of the four traditional Chinese embroidery styles. The other three Chinese embroidery styles are Xiang embroidery, Yue embroidery and Shu embroidery.
Suzhou embroidery,or 'su xiu' has a history of 2,000 years.Suzhou artistsare are able to use more than 40 needlework and a 1,000 different types of threads to make flowers,birds,animals and even gardens on a piece of cloth. The Suzhou embroidery is refined and exquisite,best-known work being an embroidered cat with bright eyes and fluffy hair looking vivid and lifelike.The main theme of Suzhou embroidery is nature and the environment.This is findings and research from the Nanjing Normal University,Anhui Normal University and the Beijing Chinese Language College,published in the Chinese Common Knowledge Series by the Hong Kong and China Tourism Press.
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