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Suzhou embroidery, Su embroidery or Su xiu (simplified Chinese: 苏绣; traditional Chinese: 蘇繡) is the embroidery created around the city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is one of the oldest embroidery techniques in the world and is the most representative type of art in Chinese embroidery .
Chinese embroidery refers to embroidery created by any of the cultures located in the area that makes up modern China. It is some of the oldest extant needlework . The four major regional styles of Chinese embroidery are Suzhou embroidery (Su Xiu), Hunan embroidery (Xiang Xiu), Guangdong embroidery (Yue Xiu) and Sichuan embroidery (Shu Xiu).
Shen was born Shen Yunzhi in 1874 in Jiangsu Province, in eastern China. Shen and her sisters were taught the craft of embroidery as children. She learned quickly and became proficient enough to sell her needle work to help support her family. Shen married Yu Jue, a well-connected and highly cultured official, when she was 20. [2]
The Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty (Chinese: 环秀山庄; pinyin: Huánxiù Shānzhuāng; Suzhou Wu: Gue seu se tsaon, Wu Chinese pronunciation: [ɡue̞ søʏ se̞ tsɑ̃]) is a Chinese garden located on 272 Jingde Rd., inside the Embroidery Museum in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
The Suzhou Silk Museum is a museum in Suzhou, China. It documents the history of silk production and Suzhou embroidery from around 2000 BC. Exhibits include old looms with demonstrations, samples of ancient silk patterns, and an explanation of sericulture.
It is one of the well-known "four great embroideries of China", the other three being Sichuan embroidery, Suzhou embroidery and Xiang embroidery. [1] [2] Yue embroidery is highly regarded for its full composition, vivid images, bright colors, multiple embroidery techniques, smoothness, and evenness. [3]
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Suzhou International Expo Center (Chinese: 苏州国际博览中心; pinyin: Sūzhōu guójì bólǎn zhōngxīn), located to the east of Jinji Lake in Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, is a convention center in China. It occupies an area of 188,600 m 2, and its total gross floor area is 255,000 square meters.