Changzhou Random-Stitch Embroidery

Developed by Yang Shouyu in the 1920s, this style breaks traditional embroidery conventions by using crossing and overlapping stitches to build color depth.

Practitioners need painting skills; threads act like brushstrokes, with multiple layered stitches creating three-dimensional light and shadow effects.

Random-stitch embroidery elevates Chinese embroidery to fine art, producing works comparable to oil paintings or photographs.