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First Rank

First Rank

In the summer of 2000, I went to China to attend a symposium in Huangshan in the Yellow Mountains. While in China, I became acquainted with Chinese mandarin badges. These are beautifully embroidered pieces of silk with meticulous stitches, many need a magnifying glass to see the individual stitches. The mandarins wore them on their robes to indicate either civil or military rank.