Ethnic Yi Embroidery Caters To Modern Tastes

It has been a long journey for Wang Zonghui, who now helps more than 200 women make a living using their needlework skills

Wang Zonghui never expected a skill she learned as a child would help her become an artist and create wealth in her isolated hometown. Wang, who lived in Sayingpan town in Yunnan province's Luquan Yi and Miao autonomous county, learned ethnic Yi embroidery as a girl.

Recalling those days, she says: "My father told me I would not be able to get married if I did not know how to embroider."