Today is the 6th of August, the 19 of the sixth lunar month 2012. The 19th day of the 6th Chinese month comemorates when Kwan Yin became a Buddha. Kwan Yin is revered by millions of Chinese around the world...

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Jin Jingfen (1885-1970), famous artist of Suzhou embroidery, was apprenticed to Shen Shou. She was director of the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute in the 1950s. Jin’s works cover a wide range of subjects including birds and flowers, figures and landscape...

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