¡¡Hunan Embroidery, one of the four best known schools
of embroidery, has a history of more than 2000 year¡¯development.
It originated from folk arts. After many years of experimentation,
it has integrates embroidery with drawings, poems, calligraphy
and other forms of arts taking on its peculiar style and
is featurized in weaving cat, tigar, lion and Humen being.
Modern Hunan embroidery is based on Chinese painting and
has developed more than 70 embroidering methods and more
than 100 colors of silks. The products are elegant in
design and true to life.
¡¡The brocade produced by the minority people in the west
of Hunan Province is another kind of handicrafts. The
brocade made by Tujia minority people is romantic in design
and close to natural colors and characterized by the lozenge
patterns.
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Day1 Arriving at Changsha. (Grand
Sun City HTL)
Day2 City tour in Changsha ( Provincial
Museum,Yuelu Academy), visiting Hunan Provincial Embroidery
Research Institute (professional workers will give detailed
explanation and demonstration). (Grand Sun City HTL)
Day3 Visiting Orange Island, Aiwan
Pavilion, then fly to Zhangjiajie. (Dragon Intern¡¯l
HTL)
Day4 Bus to Wangcun Village, taking
cruise sightseeing on Mengdonghe River, visiting the
Tujia minority brocade weaving, the Wangcun lacal museum.
(WangCun HTL)
Day5 Bus to Jishou, visiting Miaojia
Monority¡¯s village. (Biancheng HTL)
Day6 Bus to next destination.
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