Chinese embroidery is a traditional textile art with rich regional styles and techniques. Explore its history, symbolism, hanfu embroidery, Suzhou embroidery, Shu embroidery and modern applications in fashion and art.
A needle tradition that has run for roughly 1,350 years in the black-soil country of Heilongjiang reached Hong Kong on October 13, when the Himalaya Gallery on the 26th floor of MassMutual Tower, 38 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, opened a thematic exhibition of Manchu embroidery, the national-level intangible cultural heritage practised as Bohai Mohe embroidery. […]
Nine years of stitching, 121 named stitches, 80 embroiderers and 1,132 birds and animals: those are the numbers behind a scroll of Tibetan embroidery that was certified in Xining on September 24 as the world’s longest, at 270 metres end to end and 2.6 metres high. Certification came at the launch of the Guinan Tibetan […]
A handscroll nearly seven meters long, crowded with figures, carts, bridges and water, was once remade in thread. The 1959 Bian embroidery version of Along the River During the Qingming Festival hangs at the Tsinghua University Art Museum, and its inscription records an improbable schedule: 22 women workers at the Kaifeng Bian Embroidery Factory, 35 […]
An exhibition tracing four decades of needlework by Zhou Xueqing has opened at the Aojia Art Museum, also known as the Beijing Yingjie Hardstone Art Museum. “Wuzheng Wuzhen: Zhou Xueqing Embroidery Art Exhibition” gathers more than forty years of her work and invention, and runs in Beijing until October 20, 2026. More than fifty craft […]
From June 13 to 19, 2026, the 14th Xinjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Week took place in Hami (哈密), and two of Chongqing’s signature heritage crafts — Shu embroidery (蜀绣) and Dianjiang horn carving (垫江角雕) — made their Xinjiang debut as invited exhibitors. Organized by the Chongqing Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center under the city’s Culture […]
The China National Silk Museum (CNSM) opened the “Embroidery Beauty of Zhejiang” exhibition on June 18, 2026, bringing together nearly twenty provincial intangible cultural heritage (ICH) projects in embroidery and drawnwork. Running through November 16 in the Sericulture Hall on the museum’s first floor, the show is the second installment of the “Warp and Weft […]
A provincial intangible cultural heritage from Qiandao Lake’s Wangfu township has reached the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre. Badu Maxiu, a hand-picked hemp embroidery from Chun’an County in Zhejiang Province, appeared at Asia Fashion Thailand Show 2026 from July 9 to 11, drawing attention from Southeast Asian designers and buyers for its natural fiber, […]
Inside a workshop in Jingning She Autonomous County, Zhejiang Province, workers are racing to finish She ethnic costumes for the Zhejiang Basketball Association tournament. Bright phoenix patterns cover the fabric, a visual signature of one of China’s most concentrated traditional costume production centers. According to recent reports, more than 70 percent of She ethnic costumes […]
On July 6, 2026, Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County in Guilin unveiled the “Longsheng·Ewen Cooperative Workshop” in Xiaozhai Village, Longji Township. The opening also launched the first Red Yao embroidery training class, marking the formal start of the “Longji Impression” three-year development plan. Red Yao Dress-Making Earned National ICH Status Xiaozhai Village sits in the […]
Wulate embroidery from Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, appeared in Mexico in May 2026 as part of a Chinese embroidery art overseas tour organized by the Ministry of Education’s Center for Language Education and Cooperation. Naran Gowa, a Wulate embroidery intangible cultural heritage inheritor, showed the work “Dragon Shadow Together” in Guadalajara, Chihuahua, and Veracruz, drawing praise […]
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