湘绣

Traditional form:

湘繡

Pinyin (reading):

Xiāngxiù

Definitions:

• Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡／苏绣 ( Sūxiù), 粵繡／粤绣 ( Yuèxiù) and 蜀繡／蜀绣 ( Shǔxiù))

Characters:

• 湘 - Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river
• 绣 - to embroider; embroidery; ornament

Traditional characters:

• 湘 - Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river
• 繡 - to embroider; embroidery; ornament