Jinxiu 1974: Nirvana Begins with Embroidery

Su Xiuwan, a top Suzhou embroidery master, was framed to death after her apprentice stole her work. She was reborn in 1974 and became the most inconspicuous female worker in the Jiangnan state-owned embroidery factory. At that time, traditional crafts were in decline and the factory was on the verge of bankruptcy. When the factory leaders were about to take the "Magpie Climbing the Plum Blossoms" she designed as his own and send it to the Canton Fair to claim credit, Su Xiuwan unfolded a dazzling "Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains Embroidery" in front of the public. "Director, do you think this picture is worthy of being used as a national gift?" From then on, the golden phoenix flying out of the dilapidated workshop embroidered the image of a great country with every stitch, leading the Chinese trend to sweep the world. This is a legendary story about the return of ingenuity, cultural awakening, and the fiercest counterattack with the gentlest thread.