As a traditional art form of the Dai people，Dai embroidery（傣繡） has been passed down for generations（代）.Nowadays，there are more than 500 Dai embroidery artists in Yuxi，a central city in Yunnan that is home to the Dai people.
   Seeing a group of wild Asian elephants wandering（游蕩） from a place to another in Yunnan，the artists came up with the idea of creating embroidery pieces about the elephant family that arrived in Yuxi in April and wandered around the area for quite a long time.
   Since leaving their forest home in Xishuangbanna in March，2020，the elephants have traveled over 500 kilometers.They walked northwards through forests，villages and even highways，without any clear sign of where they would go.Their unusual journey has won them fans from all over the world，including the Dai embroidery artists.
   One of the artists' embroidery pieces，called Where are the elephants？，shows the elephants' Journey across Yuxi.The ancient skills of the Dai people are shown in this work.For example，several thumb-sized shoes connect three locations on the elephants' trip.Besides，the artists used Dai Jin to make the three elephants on the embroidery piece.The beautiful cloth（布料），known for its special patterns and bright colors，is one of China's intangible cultural heritage items（非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)項目）.

（1）Dai embroidery has been passed down for generations among the

Dai people

Dai people

.
（2）There are

over 500

over 500

artists in Yuxi are working on it now.
（3）In

March

March

，

2020

2020

，the elephant family left their home and started traveling northwards and nobody knows

where

where

they would like to go.
（4）Where are the elephants？shows the Dai people's

ancient skills

ancient skills

.
（5）The three elephants on the embroidery piece were made with Dai Jin，which is

known

known

for its special patterns and bright colors.