Elderly Quzhou man embroiders Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival
Yang Wenshan, a resident of Quzhou, East China's Zhejiang province who is now in his 80s, spent over three years embroidering a cross-stitch entitled Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival.
Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is a renowned Song Dynasty (960-1279) scroll painting by artist Zhang Zeduan which shows prosperous scenes of the capital Bianjing (now Kaifeng in Henan province).
Yang Wenshan embroiders the cross-stitch. [Photo/qz828.com]
It took Yang two to three hours every day for the past three years to complete the 5.6-m-long and 0.54-m-wide cross-stitch.
With the help of a 108-page guidebook, the people, houses, trees, carriages and horses were added to the embroidered cloth using 78 different colors of threads.
After years of embroidering cross-stitches, Yang has come to see it as a hobby. Cross-stitching has enriched my life and brought me much happiness, said Yang.
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