Embroidery is well-known traditional handicraft of Hunan. Together with Suzhou, Guangdong and Sichuan embroidery, it forms the four noted kinds of embroidery made by the Han people. Hunan embroidery has the following characteristics in terms of workmanship: using fine floss and dividing silk yam carefully, giving various patterns a sense of reality. The Embroidered articles are colorful, bright and natural, and the patterns are vivid and true to life. Hence, Hunan embroidery has the reputation that "the embroidered flower can produce a sweet smell, the embroidered birds can sing, the embroidered tiger can run and the embroidered human is lifelike".