<p>A woman has completed a cross-stitch work of "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival," an endeavor that has taken nearly six years, in northeast China's Yingkou city.</p><br /><p>"Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", one of the most valuable Chinese ancient paintings, was created by Zhang Zerui in Song Dynasty (960-1279). The cross-stitch work weighs more than 15 kilograms, and has a width of 0.8 meters, and a length of 24.4 meters, quadrupling the original length.</p><br /><p>Cross-stitch, a kind of embroidery, has been popular in recent years in China as it not only is beautiful to look at, but can make money.</p><br /><p>The creator of the work, named Gao Shuli, is 53 years old. She started doing cross-stitch 10 years ago, becoming fully infatuated with it, and she spent a lot of time on this specific cross-stitch piece.</p><br /><p>At first, the whole family opposed her act of doing cross-stitch all day, but she insisted on it and won their understanding later.</p><br /><p>With the family's support and encouragement and her love for cross-stitch, she finally completed this great cross-stitch work although she was feeling physically incapable of doing so.</p><br /><p>The work features 1,695 people, more than 60 livestock, over 30 houses and pavilions, 20 carts and sedans, in addition to 66 colors used in the cross-stitch work. She estimated that she has had to make more than 10 million stitches on it, wearing out more than 20 needles in the process.</p><br /><p>She is most satisfied with cross-stitch work of "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" although all of her cross-stitch works, big or small, are very delicate, are hung on the walls of her house.</p>
