The work portrays "Chonsuguk" (paradise) told in a Buddhist legend.

It was created by Koguryo people in the year 622.

In those days, Japan asked Koguryo and Paekje for scientific, technological and artistic assistance. The work was created at the request of the widow of Sho To, a crown prince of Japan, to prey for his repose.

It is now preserved in Chugu Temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan.

The original work was 4.8 meters high and 1.2 meters wide. With its fragments assembled, it is now kept in a one-square-meter frame.

Four letters were written on each back of 100 tortoises. Its full text is recorded in an ancient book of Japan.

The text introduces the family line of the dead and details of the work, including its embroiderers (Koguryo nationals).

Styles, methods and decorative patterns employed in creating Koguryo mural paintings were apparently applied to the embroidery.

Although nearly 14 centuries have passed, the work has still kept its canvas and thread colors almost unchanged.