Suzhou embroidery is one of the most celebrated styles of Chinese silk embroidery ... Jianping's embroidery displayed in the "Embroidery Art of Yao Jianping" exhibition in Suzhou, Jiangsu province ...

LONDON - The Chinese Silk Culture and Embroidery 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 more ...

HONG KONG—Chinese ... work of art sold by an international auction house. The massive piece, known as a thangka and sized bigger than a king-size bed, was entirely worked with silk embroidery ...

China was the first country in the world to discover the use of silk, and the art of embroidery has developed ever since.

When we sent our works to Italy, they were astonished by how seamless the Chinese silk merged with European art. "Chinese silk brings the smooth, mellow and glossy aesthetics of these on-canvas ...

and the gradual marriage of needlework and modern art. Originally, embroidery was used as decoration and not a form of trade. The ancient Chinese associated the intricacy and delicacy of the silk ...

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. Wang Xin ...

Women in different regions of China developed their own genres of embroidery, and some embroidered handicrafts were considered works of art rather than simple daily necessities. Centuries later ...

Flash floods and years of unusual rainfall — likely linked to climate change — are degrading ancient cave art along China's historic silk road at ... of salt on the wall paintings' surface.

Ancient Buddhist murals and statues in caves along China’s Silk Road are under “direct ... are posing significant damage to the fragile wall paintings and sculptures – including at the ...