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An Introduction to Chinese High-end Su Embroidery and Cashmere Silk Scarves

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.

As a kind of artworks made by hand completely, 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. The color and needle method of the Suzhou embroidery are all expected very much, the color for a painting will vary endlessly. The embroidery artists have created the skill and technique of "splitting silks and piecing the colors together" from the long-term practice, not only there are abundant colors, but also the feelings, expressions and inherent structures of different images are demonstrated.

In the Suzhou embroidery art, the double-sides embroidery, which embody mainly the skill level of the Suzhou embroidery, is a pearl on its crown. The double-sides embroidery is to embroider on both sides of a piece of cloth synchronously of totally same outlines and equally exquisite patterns for people to appreciate. Now the double-sides embroidery has already developed into the double-sides embroidery three-difference with different colors, different contents and different needle methods on both sides, the technology of the double-sides embroidery has been led into a magical realm.

Furthermore, the cashmere silk scarves made by Suzhou embroidery art are specially known and popular. Cashmere is precious not only because it is scarce in production, but also for its excellent quality and features. Cashmere is a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat, known as the queen of fiber. Cashmere is a kind of natural proteinic fiber. Compared with wool, it is thin and short. In recent years, cashmere silk scarves have been in fashion all over the world for its luxurious rarity, its incomparable softness, warmth and durability. You can find people from wealthy families wearing cashmere silk scarves, which were believed to be commensurate with their high social position.

In a word, the Suzhou Embroidery is crystallization of the pure artistic sentiment and the wisdom of the embroidery artists. It depicts the broad scenery in a little picture, and the numerous interests of the world are embroidered through the fingers of the embroidery maids. With the little embroidery needles, the feelings can be conveyed through the silk threads, this is the exact charming of the Suzhou Embroidery art.

Therefore, the cashmere silk scarves made by Suzhou embroidery art are perennial best-sellers not only for their unique features, but also for their representation of preeminent status.

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