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2025.12.17 16:01 GMT+8

Yi embroidery: Stitching the memory of the mountains

Updated 2025.12.17 16:01 GMT+8
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Yi embroidery features nature-inspired patterns rendered in bright, traditional colours. /CGTN

Yi embroidery features nature-inspired patterns rendered in bright, traditional colours. /CGTN

Yi embroidery features nature-inspired patterns rendered in bright, traditional colours. /CGTN

Yi embroidery features nature-inspired patterns rendered in bright, traditional colours. /CGTN

Yi embroidery features nature-inspired patterns rendered in bright, traditional colours. /CGTN

Yi embroidery features nature-inspired patterns rendered in bright, traditional colours. /CGTN

In the hands of the Yi people, everything in nature has a spirit. The motifs of Yi embroidery come from the land itself — flowers, birds, animals, and mountains — all paired with colours as pure and vivid as the natural world.

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