Chinese embroidery(刺绣)is one of the (tradition)Chinese handicrafts(手工艺品). Chinese embroidery has long history in China. In ancient times, Chinese girls in towns and cities had to learn the embroidery skill at their early age, will give them an advantage when they are going to get married.
Embroidery was first developed by local women(decorate)their clothes, bags and bedclothes. The themes of Chinese embroidery are(main)flowers and birds. With its designs rich in life and full of (color), it has gradually developed into a national art. What's more, China's large production of silk has promoted the (develop) of embroidery art.
The two pieces of Warring States Period embroidery unearthed from Chu tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province are known as the (early)Chinese embroidery and evidencesa high level of embroidery craftsmanship. Embroidery pieces of Han Dynasty(202BC-220AD)(find)at Dunhuang's Mogao Grottoes(Thousand-BuddhaCave), Hebei's Wuluchong tomb, Changsha's Mawangdui tomb. The embroidery patterns of this period were mainly the wavy cloud, flying phoenix(凤凰), running animals and other patterns.