A circular ornament featuring a beautiful panda design embroidered on it. The embroidery is on thin silk, and the panda design can be seen from both sides. This is an embroidered picture known as Shu embroidery, a Chinese intangible cultural heritage. Also called Sichuan embroidery or Chuan embroidery, it originated among the people in western Sichuan Province, and its name comes from its geographical location. The plains of western Sichuan Province have long been called the "Shu Kingdom" as a silk thread production area. Sichuan embroidery is an art centered in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. According to statistics, the embroidery consists of 12 major classifications and more than 130 types of stitches. Commonly used stitches include wrapping stitches, straight stitches, halo stitches, connecting stitches, seed stitches, sand stitches, twist stitches, scale stitches, silk hair stitches, carp pattern stitches, and gold embroidery. Sichuan embroidery emphasizes "clean stitches, glossy threads, delicate and smooth stitches, and careful finishing." Various stitches are interwoven, and by interweaving thick and thin stitches, and three-dimensional and void, it clearly expresses yin and yang and perspective. These traditional techniques are not only used to embroider delicate brushstrokes of flowers, birds, fish, and insects, but also excel in depicting magnificent landscapes and vivid figures. After liberation, innovations were seen in the needle techniques of embroidery, and "silk hair needles" that express the texture of animal hair and "swollen fresh needles" that express the scales of carp were developed, enriching the expressive forms and artistic styles of Shu embroidery. I received this as a souvenir during a visit to China. #EmbroideredPicture #SichuanProvince #Chengdu #China #Panda #GiantPanda #ShuEmbroidery #SichuanEmbroidery #ShuXiu #MercariDay #HalloweenOnMercari