Embroidered balls used to be tokens of love between men and women, but now they have become popular souvenirs and sachets. With a long history of making embroidered balls, Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is regarded as home to embroidered balls.

For the locals in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, embroidered balls not only represent ancient handicraft, but also serve as a means to increase income as about 500,000 embroidered balls are made here annually. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

A female embroidery worker embroiders in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

A female embroider worker makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

Intangible cultural heritage inheritor Wang Xiufen walks out of her store in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

A machine embroiders at the workshop of intangible cultural heritage inheritor Wang Xiufen in Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

Ducks walk in the street in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

Liang Ailian, an 85-year-old villager, makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

Villagers make embroidered balls in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

Intangible cultural heritage inheritor Wang Xiufen weighs spice to make sachet at a workshop in Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

A villager makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

Villagers make embroidered balls in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

Liang Ailian, an 85-year-old villager, makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

A villager makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

This aerial photo taken on Aug. 2, 2023 shows the Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

A villager makes an embroidered ball in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

A female embroidery worker makes an embroidered ball at the workshop of intangible cultural heritage inheritor Wang Xiufen in Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.

Intangible cultural heritage inheritor Wang Xiufen makes an embroidered ball in Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023.