Cantonese embroidery (粵繡)
along with Suzhou embroidery (蘇繡)
and two others are the big-4 embroideries
and Chaozhou embroidery is
one of the sub-genre under
Cantonese embroidery
with over 200 types of
needlework involved
these are table covers 桌圍
usually used for praying altar
some actually belong to association
therefore the name is denoted on there
Chao’An Siamenese Association
Chao’An folks in Siam, probably
and Guandi Temple (below)
some are actually gifts
birthday / opening / moving house
and this is for a birthday
the theme is like the “rich and famous”
are attending a birthday celebration
and these are the auspicious gifts
different flowers, fruits etc
with auspicious significance of their own
clothes
the blue one is seriously lovely
but I am not sure how (ridiculous) will I look
if I ever put on one
Opera costume
Taoist costume
usually worn during performance of ritual
the really contemporary building
other than us
there were another family of 3
on a Sunday afternoon?
almost hesitated if I have walked
into the right place
as we made our walk out
into the much normalized civilization
opposite the museum
Chao Zhou Old City 潮州古城 series
04: Huang Ancestral Hall 已略黃公祠