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FernShade posted a photo:
Double-sided antique Suzhou embroidery floats across the screen in a world of bamboo, peonies and butterflies over a tranquil stream.
These images are symbolic of strength of character (bamboo), prosperity (peonies) happiness (butterflies) and peace (stream).
In the China Maple Hall, daylight from windows behind the screen illustrates the incredible delicacy of the needlework (A peony and detail of butterflies shown in Sun Yat-Sen Garden Set).
The screen is placed to enable visitors to enjoy the identical scene from either side and hopeful photographers (like me) may NOT move it for better exposure :)
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