《尋繡記》榮獲年度中國'最美的書'

Xun Xiu Ji, a book which literally means "Looking for Embroidery", has been named China's "Most Beautiful Book" together with 24 other books from 20 publishing houses from across the country.

《尋繡記》，字面意思是“尋找刺繡”，與全國各地20家出版社的24本圖書一道，被提名爲中國“最美的書”。

The 25 books will represent China to compete in the annual "Most Beautiful Book in the World" competition to be held in Leipzig, Germany, next year.

這25本書將代表中國參加明年在德國萊比錫舉辦的一年一度的“世界最美的書”評選。

Annual selection of China's "Most Beautiful Book" started in 2003 by the Shanghai News and Press Bureau.

2003年，上海新聞出版局開始評選中國“最美的書”。

Since then, 321 books named China's "Most Beautiful Book" have competed in Leipzig and 19 have won the "Most Beautiful Book in the World."

自那之後，先後有321種來自中國的“最美的書”亮相德國萊比錫，其中19種最終榮獲“世界最美的書”獎項。

Published by the Chengdu Times Press in Sichuan province, Xun Xiu Ji tells the story of Zhang Shulin, a woman writer from Central China's Hubei province, spending nearly 20 years traveling in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei provinces to collect nearly 200,000 pieces of embroidery in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911) and the early 20th century.

《尋繡記》由四川成都時代出版社出版，講述的是中國中部湖北武漢的女作家張書林花了近20年時間在雲南、貴州、四川、湖南、山西、陝西、河北等省份收集的近200000件明清時期（1368至1911年）和20世紀初的刺繡作品。

The book is unique partly as it has real embroidery works inside.

這本書的獨特之處在於裏面有真實的刺繡作品。