Suzhou embroidery
| Su xiu (蘇繡) | |||||||||
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Su embroidery used as decoration on furniture | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蘇繡 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏绣 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Suzhou embroidery", "Su embroidery" | ||||||||
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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. One of the well-known "four great embroideries of China" along with Cantonese embroidery, Sichuan embroidery and Xiang embroidery, Suzhou embroidery already has a history more than 2,000 years and is an important form of handicraft in the history of Chinese art and folk custom, representative of Chinese traditional folk arts. It is famous for its variety of stitches, beautiful patterns, elegant colors, and consummate craftsmanship.