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Miao Embroidery highlights art festival
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The Chinese Peasants Art Festival, focusing on the farmers' contributions in the field of art, kicked off on June the 16th.
Miao Embroidery, a style of needlework peculiar to the Miao ethnic group inhabiting Southwest China, is among the highlighting exhibits.
It seems the embroidery skill is indispensable to every Miao woman, from teenagers to pensioners. Almost all of them are well versed in this traditional handicraft, which requires a pair of dexterous hands and a lot of patience.
Miao embroidery has a long history, dating back as early as the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago. Miao embroidery is rich in color and design. It usually features exaggerated figures based on keen observations by Miao women of objects in their daily lives, such as flowers, birds, and worms, resulting in an artistic abstraction rich in aesthetic value.
A display of the beauty of the Miao culture is currently showing in Fenghuang County of central China's Hunan Province. Costume clad performers sashay down a spacious area to show off the splendors of the traditional attire, decorated with embroidery patterns and adornments woven by silver threads.
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