Shen Shou and Gu He are also called the "Three Empresses" of Suzhou embroidery in China.

Shen Shou, a master of Suzhou embroidery in the late Qing Dynasty, was born in an antique dealer in Suzhou. His original name was Shen Xuezhi. At the age of seven, he began to learn embroidery from his sister Shen. At the age of twelve or thirteen, someone was willing to pay a high price for his embroidery. In the 16th year of Guangxu, Shen founded Tongli Embroidery School in Suzhou. Her husband thinks that poetry is also good at painting, and the husband and wife sing together, and painting and embroidery complement each other.

In October of the 30th year of Guangxu, Cixi celebrated her seventieth birthday. Yu and his wife jointly created eight longevity pictures and three Buddha pictures with infinite longevity as birthday gifts. Cixi praised it after reading it, calling it a peerless masterpiece. In addition to giving Shen Xuezhi the fourth-class business assistance, he also wrote the words "Fu" and "Shou" and distributed them to Yu Jue and his wife. From then on, Shen Xuezhi changed her name to "Shen Shou".

Shen Shou is not only a master of Suzhou embroidery, but also studied embroidery stitches and created nearly ten new stitches. Before he died, he also wrote a book "Snow Palace Embroidery Spectrum". The simulated embroidery method initiated by her, full of light and shadow, has become the most basic and main form of appreciating embroidery. Her works are highly collectible and can be found in many famous museums at home and abroad, such as the Forbidden City.

Gu, born in 193 1, is currently the curator of China Suzhou Embroidery Art Museum. For the development of Suzhou embroidery, Gu is a good communicator. She was the first person to show Suzhou embroidery to the world in words. He went to Britain, Switzerland and other countries to perform embroidery and teach skills, and was awarded the title of national outstanding contribution expert. Her second contribution was to copy more than 200 pieces of embroidery cultural relics from the Warring States, Han, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, collect many pieces of folk embroidery, and rescue and sort out many precious materials. Among them, the reproduction technology of Emperor Wanli's Clothes won the 1984 National Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Award Gold Cup Award. Her third contribution is to innovate more than 40 stitches and many treasures of Su embroidery.

In 2007, Gu was awarded the honorary title of "Representative Inheritor of Suzhou Embroidery Cultural Heritage Project" by the state.

If Shen Shou, the first generation of "Queen of Su Embroidery", has embarked on a road of self-improvement and innovation for Su Embroidery's mother; The second generation "Queen of Suzhou Embroidery" Gu went abroad under the opportunity given by the times to win more reputation for Suzhou Embroidery. Yao Jianping, the third-generation "Queen of Suzhou Embroidery" who was born in 1967, also made her own way.

Compared with her predecessor Xiuniang, the noisy media era has brought her more exposure opportunities, and her good looks have won her more praise. From 65438 to 0997, Yao Jianping was awarded the title of "Folk Arts and Crafts Artist" by UNESCO for her outstanding performance in Suzhou embroidery, and was invited to Australia and the Netherlands for exhibition.

On March 28th, 2004, it was of great significance for Yao Jianping. The embroidery art museum and personal website named after her were officially opened to the public, which was the first time in the history of Suzhou embroidery for thousands of years, among countless Suzhou embroidery mothers from generation to generation. The above-mentioned peaceful embroidery that barres transferred to Suzhou to attend the needle sealing ceremony came from her hand.

From Shen Shou to Gu, generations of embroidered mothers created masterpieces of Su embroidery with their blue hearts and hands, and gradually carried them forward. Like other traditional skills in China, most of these embroidered mothers became attached to Su embroidery because they were born in Wu, and their artistic career was deeply influenced by their childhood. Today, in Suzhou, embroidery workshops are still organized in the form of families, and the skills of embroidered mothers are passed on from mother to daughter. The legend of the "Queen of Suzhou Embroidery" continues.