A Stitch In Time

An expo puts focus on need to save intangible cultural heritage as societies industrialize. Wang Kaihao reports in Chengdu.

Peng Shiping, a native of Chengdu, the capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, has been doing Shu embroidery for decades now.

Shu is the abbreviated form of Sichuan used in the old days, and the origins of the craft, one of the four renowned types of Chinese embroidery, go back more than 2,000 years.