JINGXI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Embroidered balls used to be tokens of love between men and women, but now they have become popular souvenirs and sachets. With a long history of making embroidered balls, Jingxi City is regarded as home to embroidered balls. For the locals in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, embroidered balls not only represent ancient handicraft, but also serve as a means to increase income as about 500,000 embroidered balls are made here annually.
A female embroidery worker makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 2, 2023 shows the Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
Liang Ailian, an 85-year-old villager, makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
Intangible cultural heritage inheritor Wang Xiufen makes an embroidered ball in Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
Liang Ailian, an 85-year-old villager, makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
A female embroidery worker embroiders in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
A villager makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
Ducks walk in the street in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
Villagers make embroidered balls in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
A villager makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
A machine embroiders at the workshop of intangible cultural heritage inheritor Wang Xiufen in Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
Liang Ailian, an 85-year-old villager, makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)■
