Calligraphic masterpiece duplicated in thread

By Tan Yingzi and Deng Rui in Chongqing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-14 18:16
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Li Shaoyu, inheritor of Pengshui Miao embroidery, an intangible cultural heritage from Chongqing municipality, spent more than two years consumed more than 10,000 meters of embroidery thread to duplicate a Chinese calligraphy masterpiece, Dizhuming, on 9-meters of embroidery cloth. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"There are over 600 characters, about 120 seals and one portrait in this piece," she said.

She used more than 10,000 meters of thread for the project; each character consumed more than 10 meters.

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