Rich symbols of ethnic culture

A handicraft show at the National Art Museum of China is displaying pieces of fabric lovingly embroidered by women from the country's south. Lin Qi reports.

Between the soaring, lush mountains in Southwest China are the villages of ethnic groups where women pass down exquisite embroidery traditions through generations. Among the many items they produce is the bei shan or baby carrier.

Women use colored threads to create a variety of patterns on a piece of indigo-dyed fabric to make it.