embroidery, guizhou, leaf vein embroidery, miao people

How Leaf-Vein Embroidery Changed This Chinese Lady’s Life for the Better

Yang Li, from the southern part of colorful Guizhou Province, has a unique skill called “leaf-vein embroidery.” The embroideries range from birds over rivers to mountains, and are done on tediously prepared leaves. Traditionally, these so-called leaves have beautiful images of birds, rivers, and mountains embroidered on them. While not long ago she was a total noob ...

Hermann Rohr

A leaf being embroidered with a blue bird sitting on a branch.