On August 1, 2025, Renagul Supi and Kader Reheman recently gathered to refine their embroidery techniques after returning from study trips to south China’s Guangdong Province and Beijing, capital city of China.

They address each other as "brother Kader" and "sister Renagul," both celebrated figures in embroidery circles. Both of them are city-level representative inheritors of the intangible cultural heritage item of Hami Uygur embroidery in Hami City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Kader excels in paper-cutting, which provides essential design templates for embroidery. While traditional Hami embroidery once adorned household items like quilts and pillows, it now fuels contemporary fashion trends.

Renagul, a fourth-generation inheritor who began learning embroidery at six, brought Hami embroidery to runways at Shanghai and Paris Fashion Weeks eight years ago. She now specializes in high-end custom dresses.

Kader, inspired by his grandmother, mother, and sister, became the only professional male embroiderer in Xinjiang’s Hami City. He established a cooperative, launched a company, conducts training workshops, and collaborates with design teams outside Xinjiang.

For Renagul, embroidery is the embodiment of loving life, while Kader noted that embroidery transformed his life, and no one can grant you the future you desire without your own dedication. That is everything.

Executive Producer: Xiao Chunfei

Supervisors: Mao Mingdong, Xue Jing, Ding Tao and Jie Wenjin

Planner/Producer Director: Wang Qiming

Camera: Jambulat Manarbek

Post-production: Ayxamgul Abla

Translator: Song Duer

Reviewers: Cheng Li, Wang Xiabing and Zhang Shijie