Detail of an embroidered altar cloth in a Daoist temple on Hua Mountain

Altar with statues, vessels, inscriptions, and embroidered votive offerings in a Daoist temple on Hua Mountain

Altar with a statue and embroidered cloth with inscription in a Daoist temple on Hua Mountain

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing a figure with a shoulder pole and flowers

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing a female figure and flowers

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing a fish and a flower

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing a human figure mounted on a dragon

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing a human figure carrying an umbrella and an animal figure

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing flowers

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing a butterfly and flowers

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing an animal on a flowering tree branch

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing a turnip and a butterfly

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing figures and trees

Boy reaching into an embroidered purse worn by a girl in a village on the Shandong coast

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing a bird and flowers

Embroidered purse from a village on the Shandong coast with design showing an animal face

Girl wearing an embroidered purse on the Shandong coast

Women holding a child wearing a braided necklace and an embroidered purse in a fishing village on the Shandong coast

Man with embroidered hat carrying gong and inscribed flag in wedding procession

Funeral umbrella embroidered with clouds and phoenixes