A centuries-old tradition, practiced for more than 2500 years in some provinces, this process of hatching silkworms from the egg and weaving the silk from the fibers is an art form of its own. Beyond the creation of the panel, the dyeing of the threads, and drawing of the idea, is the painstaking embroidery of the hand-drawn draft, which takes hours or even days to complete. These artisans are true masters of their craft.