Because there were many restrictions on women in ancient times, most women were required not to show their faces. Embroidery gradually became an entertainment activity, and later became one of the important means for women to fill their homes.

In ancient times, women were required to obey the virtuous, and this morbid requirement even reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. Thirdly, it is normal for a woman not to be virtuous under the four virtues, so there must be a new standard to measure whether this woman has virtuous qualities, and embroidery becomes one of the standards. If a woman wants to marry, she must learn basic skills such as embroidery and cooking that can satisfy her husband, children and in-laws before she can be married by her mother-in-law.

In addition, the garment manufacturing industry in ancient China was not as developed as it is now. Most people make their own clothes. Women who can't show their faces have to buy clothes for their families through their own hands, and even when they face difficulties at home, they can supplement their families by selling their embroidery works. Many times embroidery is also one of the sources of income for a family.

Embroidery, as one of the important components of "needlework", has a long history in ancient China, which is mentioned in Shangshu. The development of embroidery has a history of thousands of years, and it has also experienced five most famous folk embroideries: Su embroidery, Long embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Yue embroidery and Shu embroidery. Chris Lee's song "Shu Embroidery" aims to spread the ancient craft to people who don't know embroidery in modern times, so as to arouse people's attention to this endangered technology.

Embroidery itself is the product of the restriction of ancient women, but with the passage of time, embroidery has also become the crystallization of the creation of ancient working women in China.