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>A beautiful souvenir for Hangzhou travel - Suhzhou Embroidery
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As one of the representatives of Chinese culture and arts, Suzhou embroidery enjoys a good reputation of the first of the Top-four embroiders in China. Suzhou embroidery was originated in Wuxian, Jiangsu Province. These areas have been famous for their high quality silk productions for centuries. The country of Wu (current Suzhou area) has started to use embroidery to decorate garments over 2 Delino DeShields Womens Jersey ,000 years ago. Suzhou embroidery Art has been already quite high-level in Song Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou became a thriving center for silk industries and handicrafts. Flourishing painting art in Wu area helped the further development of Suzhou embroidery. Embroiders reproduced the paintings using needles. These works were so vivid and elegant as to be called "paintings by needle" or "unmatchable even by the nature."

During the Qing Dynasty, Suzhou embroidery reached its peak. Portrait of the Italian Queen made by Shen Yunzhi Russell Wilson Womens Jersey , a master in Suzhou embroidery, was sent to Italy as a national gift and invoked a sensation there. In 1915, Shen's Portrait of Jesus won the first prize at the "Panama-Pacific Exhibition" hold in US and was priced at a marked high US$13 Elvis Andrus Womens Jersey ,000. Another portrait of an American actress also received great acclaim when being exhibited in the US.

After P. R. China was established, Suzhou embroidery was presented as the formal gift of international exchange more than 80 times and exhibited in more than 100 countries and regions altogether, when more than 100 embroiders masters gave the performance live.

As a kind of artworks made by hand completely Ferguson Jenkins Womens Jersey , a piece of Suzhou embroidery needs an embroider-maid several months, even a few years to finish. Thereby as other kinds of artworks, the fine works of Suzhou embroidery are worth collecting as well.


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List of popular museums to Explore in Los Angeles

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Plan to visit different museums of Los Angeles which are popular and historical places of the city. Just book your next holidays to Los Angeles and explore the museums available in this city. Start your Los Angeles tours with the list of great museums such as MOCA Grand Avenue it is located in South Grand Avenue. This museum also offers underground galleries, a small caf茅 and one small store of MOCA. Full name of MOCA is Museum of Contemporary Art just enters the main location of this museum and after buying the admission ticket you can enter both the locations Grand Avenue and Geffen. If you are planning your holidays to Los Angeles don鈥檛 forget to visit this place. There is a ferry to transfer tourists from one location to another. This museum is situated near to the Disney Hall.

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