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Art: Dunhuang culture created in embroidery

With a love of embroidery and Dunhuang murals, Liu Yao, from Gansu province, has found a way to combine her two passions. Liu's mother and grandmother are both accomplished embroiderers, so it made sense that she too would take up the art. Liu uses needle and thread to create on fabric the images of Buddha's hand gestures seen in murals across Dunhuang. "These gestures comprise a very important part of the region's art heritage," Liu said.

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