{"id":97895,"date":"2026-11-06T13:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97895"},"modified":"2026-11-06T13:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:47:28","slug":"who-was-the-chinese-female-artisan-who-dazzled-empress-dowager-cixi-and-italys-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97895","title":{"rendered":"Who was the Chinese female artisan who dazzled Empress Dowager Cixi and Italy\u2019s queen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/06\/5c285a6e-f9f3-46da-9628-40b9c5b24ff0_6bdb936e.jpg?itok=S6T5d-5F&amp;v=1793933095\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Suzhou embroidery is one of China\u2019s most celebrated traditional crafts. It is renowned for its delicate techniques and is often referred to as the textile equivalent of Chinese ink paintings.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Originating more than 2,000 years ago in Suzhou, in China\u2019s Jiangsu province, the art form features silk threads thinner than human hair woven into images. These depict classical gardens, <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">shanshui<\/em> (mountain and river) landscapes, flowers, lotuses and birds to reflect Jiangsu\u2019s rich artistic heritage.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In the modern era, a woman called Shen Shou redefined Suzhou embroidery, transforming it from a traditional Chinese craft to a globally recognised fine art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/chinese-culture\/article\/3373472\/who-was-chinese-female-artisan-who-dazzled-empress-dowager-cixi-and-italys-queen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suzhou embroidery is one of China\u2019s most celebrated traditional crafts. It is renowned for its delicate techniques and is often referred to as the textile&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[26702,107,25673,32470,25672,24624,471,4955,3671],"class_list":["post-97895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-artisan","tag-chinese","tag-cixi","tag-dazzled","tag-dowager","tag-empress","tag-female","tag-italys","tag-queen","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}