Photo shows an embroidery work on Xuan paper created by Zhang Yan, one of Gu Yuchun's disciple. It's a regular script in small characters, as used in Chinese calligraphy exercises.

Xuan paper is soft but fragile. After years of research, Gu has developed a tougher Xuan paper. Usually, before the embroidery work, Gu first sketches on the Xuan paper and then fixes it on an ...