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A stitch in Time
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  • An embroidery work reproduces part of the reputed Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival, which portrays street scenes in the capital city of Bianjing, today’s Kaifeng in Henan Province
  • A Jiangsu-style embroidery work based on The Girl With a Pearl Earring, an oil painting by 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer
  • A visitor takes a picture of an artwork titled Snow Leopard
  • An embroidered wedding dress
  • A corridor decorated with embroidered flowers and butterflies
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An ongoing exhibition at the Chinese Traditional Culture Museum in Beijing showcases embroidery from across China.

The art of embroidery has a long history in China, with Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces producing some of the craft's most famous works.

(Text and photos by Wei Yao)

Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon

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