Embroidery is hard enough, and they also have to do bead embroidery

Pearl embroidery first appeared in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. According to "Tongdian", the artists in the amusement parks in the capital of the Sui Dynasty "decorated their clothes with pearls and jade." According to the Tang Dynasty's "Duyang Miscellaneous Records", the palace had pearl-embroidered quilt covers, with millet-sized pearls embroidered into mandarin duck and flower patterns in five brilliant colors. Pearl embroidery became even more prominent during the Song and Yuan dynasties. An official named Liu from Meichuan County in Lingnan (now Bao'an, Guangdong) once embroidered a "double dragon playing with pearls" saddle with colorful pearls and presented it to Emperor Taizu of Song. In the Yuan Dynasty, the emperor's gold-woven robes were embroidered with large pearls, and the imperial edicts issued by the court to the Western Barbarians were also decorated with pearl embroidery. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, it had reached its peak. In the late Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili, presented to Empress Dowager Cixi a piece of clothing embroidered with pearls, gems and floral patterns such as peonies. 📷📷📷📷 During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, glass bead embroidery became popular, especially in the Nyonya culture of Southeast Asia. Embroidered tops (Kebaya), printed wrap skirts (Sarong), and beaded shoes (Kasot Manek) are still the standard for Nyonya outfits. In the Peranakan Museum, you can see many exquisite Nyonya bead embroidery products, from shoes to bags to pillowcases and so on. Embroidery is already difficult, let alone the effort required for bead embroidery. The pursuit of exquisiteness and complexity by wealthy families is truly endless.