Beijing embroidery (Beijing mending embroidery)
Chaoyang District, Beijing
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Beijing palace embroidery originated from the Liao and Jin Dynasties, was founded in the Yuan Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After the Liao and Jin Dynasties, it gradually moved from the folk to the palace. The "Embroidered Image of Green Tara", a national first-class cultural relic treasured in the Beijing Lama Temple, was made and offered by Empress Dowager Chongqing, the mother of Emperor Qianlong, and led the palace maids. It has a history of more than 200 years.
# Ming and Qing Dynasties
# Beijing Embroidery
# Palace embroidery
# Liao and Jin
# Lama Temple
# National first-class cultural relics