Embroidery is an old, well-established art form in China for both men and women. Originally, embroidered items included robes, theatrical costumes, purses, shoes, spectacle cases, banners, altar ...

HANGZHOU, June 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese silk, the radiant thread of the ancient Silk Road, once adorned emperors and bridged cultures. Synthetic fibers and mechanized textiles later dimmed its luster ...

LHASA -- In a sunlit workshop in Yadong, a border county in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, 36-year-old Sonam Tsering threaded colored silk through woolen cloth, his hands steady and his ...

An embroidery reproduction of the classical Song Dynasty (960-1279) Chinese painting masterpiece A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains was the highlight of an exhibition at the Global Leaders' Meeting on ...

The famed silk roads, which connected ancient China to the rest of the world, were not so named until many years later, by German geographer Richthofen in the 1800s who reflected on the primary ...

A Chinese embroidery exhibition titled Threads of Light opened in Budapest Friday at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest. The exhibition, jointly sponsored by the Chinese Embassy and the ...