On 27 April, the five-day 2023 Hainan World Embroidery Culture Week unveiled at 
Hainan Free Trade Port, where special costumes from ten ASEAN countries were 
exhibited.

This year, the culture week held a series of events such as the opening 
ceremony, themed forums and a boutique intangible cultural heritage exhibition 
of traditional techniques of weaving, embroidery, printing and dyeing, inviting 
more visitors to appreciate the embroidery culture of different countries, 
according to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports 
of Hainan Province.

An embroidery fashion show was presented on the opening ceremony, showcasing 80 
sets of featured costumes from China and ten ASEAN countries. Among them, 30 
sets of fashion costumes were made with Hainan Li brocade, designed and 
produced this year. They are the best examples to show the audience the unique 
charm of Li brocade, which combines antiquity and fashion, and integrate 
heritage with innovation.

At the boutique intangible cultural heritage exhibition of traditional 
techniques of weaving, embroidery, printing and dyeing, live shows of 
intangible cultural heritage programmes such as the Li traditional techniques 
of spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery, Danzhou Tiao Sheng (a local tune), 
Li pottery, coconut carving, The Epic of King Gesar. Audience felt refreshed 
and all raised their mobile phones to record the wonderful moments. The 
traditional techniques of Li people have been developed for more than 3,000 
years and were included in the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage in 
urgent need of protection in 2009.

The exhibition also showcased embroidered costumes from 10 countries, including 
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

According to local officials in Hainan, the Province, is building itself into 
an international tourism consumption centre and will, starting from the Li 
embroidery, further commit to the innovative practice of protecting the 
intangible cultural heritage, creating a greater momentum to establish the 
business card of "Hainan Embroidery".

Source: Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan 
Province

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   Caption: Craftswomen from Hainan Li ethnic group showing the traditional 
techniques of spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery