A Chinese woman weaves 2,000 year old traditional artwork, Shu brocade

A weaver weaves Shu brocade, a traditional artwork in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, with a loom, in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, May 27, 2013. Imparted from generation to generation for over 2,000 years, Shu brocade weaving techniques have been put on China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2006.

Photo taken on May 27, 2013 shows part of an artwork of Shu brocade, in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

Photo taken on May 27, 2013 shows an artwork of Shu brocade, in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

Foreign tourists watch a woman weaving Shu brocade, a traditional artwork in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, with a loom, in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, May 27, 2013. <Xinhua/Li Qiaoqiao>