Xiang embroidery is one of the oldest surviving Chinese needlework traditions. And the largest Xiang embroidery piece, Shaoshan Mountain, has been completed in Changsha...
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Xiang embroidery, or Hunan embroidery, employs more than 70 different stitches, and more than 100 different colors of silk threads. It uses colored, untwisted silk. In addition to the plain stitch...
Xiang embroidery, also known as Hunan embroidery, refers to the hand embroidery work produced in Changsha area in Hunan province China. Hunan is called Xiang for short. That’s why hand embroidery produced in Hunan is called Xiang embroidery...