Li Faxiu
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, of the Tu ethnic group, born in 1959, a native of Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, Qinghai Province. She began learning embroidery from her mother at the age of thirteen. Panxiu (panel embroidery) is an embroidery stitch method distinctive of the Tu people; it employs two needles and threads at the same time, and the work is exquisite, intricate, and even. Li Faxiu organized local embroidery enthusiasts to pass on the panxiu technique during the agricultural slack seasons, and from 1996 onward she repeatedly taught at Tu embroidery training courses in the county's ethnic-minority townships, with trainees totaling more than one hundred.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Tu Panel Embroidery (Tu Panxiu), a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Tu Panxiu Ⅶ-24
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