Western Qin "Qiao Niang" weaves splendid embroidery
Wang Xiuping, one of the inheritors of Western Qin embroidery of the national intangible cultural heritage project
Wang Xiuping, one of the inheritors of Western Qin embroidery of the national intangible cultural heritage project, is a provincial master of arts and crafts. He is now the chairman of Qianyang Xiuping Embroidery Professional Cooperative and a special embroidery teacher of Qianyang County Vocational Secondary School. She was a deputy to the 12th and 13th Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress. Wang Xiuping's work "Shengshi Eight Jun" won the silver medal of the Baoji Tourism Commodity Competition in 2013, the first prize of the Shaanxi Provincial Women's Handicraft Skills Competition in the same year, the third prize of the Baoji Intangible Cultural Heritage Project Competition in 2017, the honorary title of the National Pioneer of The Builder of The Scarf in 2018, the second prize of the Qianyang Xiqin Embroidery Embroidery Competition in 2018, and the title of Provincial Arts and Crafts Master in 2019 In 2020 she won the Bronze Award at the National Embroidery Handicraft Competition.
The embroidered artworks of the "tiger" theme displayed in front of the eyes are exquisite, the mighty and domineering tiger head is vivid, exquisite, meticulous, and the hair is full of hair; the posture of the tiger on the mountain, both in shape and god, vivid and vivid, ready to come out... The Lunar Year of the Tiger is coming, and the reporter recently saw Wang Xiuping embroidering the "tiger" with the craft of Western Qin embroidery. Wang Xiuping, 51 years old this year, is known as the "Qiao Niang" of Western Qin, is one of the inheritors of Western Qin embroidery of the national intangible cultural heritage project, and a provincial master of arts and crafts. Talking about her embroidery story and her relationship with "Qin embroidery", it is also as gorgeous as the embroidery woven with multicolored silk thread.
Wang Xiuping showcases her "tiger" themed embroidery work
Obsessed with the "Art of Motherhood"
During the agricultural leisure period in the countryside of Qianyang County, on the hot kangtou, grandmothers, mothers and eldest girls and daughters-in-law sat together, threaded needles and threads, and used flower cloth and colorful threads to make flowery green or cute or mighty tiger head hats, tiger head shoes, and embroidery prepared when they got married...
In Persimmon Village, Shuigou Town, Qianyang County, wang Xiuping learned embroidery from her mother as a child, and it is precisely because of this inheritance method that has been passed down from generation to generation and orally, Western Qin embroidery is also known as "the art of mothers". In 2008, Western Qin embroidery was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the Ministry of Culture, and a large number of Western Qin embroidery "Qiao Niang" emerged in Qianyang County.
Wang Xiuping meticulously embroidered the works
"When I was 16 years old, I began to formally learn embroidery with my master, and among those who learned embroidery at the same time, I was the youngest, but the master said that I was the most perceptive and the best spiritual, and after only a few days of study, I could embroider the works that the master was very satisfied with." Wang Xiuping recalled with a smile.
Later, Wang Xiuping worked in middle school majoring in clothing, and after graduation, she also opened a clothing store. In 2004, Qianyang County began to vigorously develop the embroidery industry, which provided a rare opportunity for Wang Xiuping, who loved embroidery art. She put down the clothing store business and embarked on the entrepreneurial path of embroidery art. The road to entrepreneurship is arduous, there is no place, she will build an embroidery rack in her own home, and without employees, she will entrust relatives and friends to recruit. Under the teaching of Wang Xiuping, more than 20 women quickly mastered the stitching method of embroidery, and one embroidery work after another was recognized and favored by the market, and was exported to both inside and outside the province, and once went to the first-tier cities in the country for exhibition and sales.
Wang Xiuping embroidery work Xifuwa
In 2008, Western Qin embroidery was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage, and Wang Xiuping's enthusiasm for work was even higher. Soon, a plaque called "Xiuping Xiuzhuang" hung in front of her door. In 2011, Qianyang County Vocational Secondary School opened a national embroidery major, Wang Xiuping was hired by the school as an embroidery substitute teacher, she and her Xiuping embroidery village, together into the campus.
Focus on Western Qin imitation embroidery
If you see a tree or a flower on the side of the road, you can quickly design their embroidery drawings in your mind, what color of thread, what stitching, how to compose the layout... I have to say that this is a kind of spirituality. Because of her heartfelt love for embroidery, in Wang Xiuping's eyes, flowers, trees, sun, moon and galaxy and other natural things can be embroidered with needle and thread in her works.
In the "Xiuping Embroidery Village" of Qianyang County Vocational Secondary School, there are vivid "ink paintings" and "paintings" by ancient celebrities, such as shrimp painted by Qi Baishi, bamboo painted by Zheng Banqiao, and "Five Bull Diagrams" painted by Han Di. Looking closely, it was embroidered with one stitch and one thread, vivid and vivid, which was amazing.
Wang Xiuping embroidery work five ox figure
Some people will bring modern people's calligraphy, paintings, photographic works, and ask Wang Xiuping to turn them into embroidery works, and she can still embroider them beautifully.
In the embroidery village, there are more pieces of bronze embroidery, with a simple bronze luster, bronze ornamentation, a strong sense of three-dimensionality, can be described as ingenious! Baoji is known as the "hometown of bronzes", how to make the elements representing the history and culture of the hometown into embroidery, Wang Xiuping has not remembered how many times to go to the Baoji Bronze Museum for careful observation and learning, she also asked the embroidery teachers and experts in Suzhou for advice, drawing on the embroidery experience of other places. After careful design and embroidery, bronze embroidery works were finally born, which became the cultural tourism souvenirs with rich regional characteristics in our city.
"I often participate in various trainings, come into contact with embroidery artists, see more and more embroidery skills, and then began to repeatedly improve the traditional Western Qin embroidery in combination with reality, and focused on the skills of Western Qin imitation embroidery." Wang Xiuping introduced, "For example, traditional Western Qin embroidery rarely uses gradient colors. When embroidering ink paintings, bronzes and other embroidery, I will add silk threads of gradient color, in fact, the stitching method is still the stitching method of Western Qin embroidery, but the embroidered works are more vivid and realistic. ”
Wang Xiuping embroidered bronze works
During the interview, the reporter looked at the embroidery girls in the embroidery village who slightly bowed their heads and focused on embroidery, and suddenly thought of a question: "Teacher Wang, when embroidering, you will sit for a long time, and the embroidery time of bowing your head is relatively long, and your waist and neck will feel tired, right?" ”
Wang Xiuping introduced with a smile: "Because of love, I will take embroidery as a hobby, and the process of embroidery has become a kind of enjoyment, and even feels like tea tasting and painting, it is a process of self-cultivation, so the body will not feel tired." Of course, in the embroidery village, we pay great attention to the height and slope of the embroidery frame to ensure that the waist and neck are not too hard; we also pay attention to adhering to the eight-hour work system every day, as well as holiday rest. ”
In many provincial and municipal skill competitions, Xiuping Xiuzhuang's works have won awards, and Wang Xiuping has also been awarded the title of "Baoji City Employee Entrepreneurship Star". At present, more than 600 rural women have been trained in Xiuping Xiuzhuang, as well as more than 300 students from Qianyang County Vocational Secondary School. As a deputy to the provincial people's congress, Wang Xiuping has a heart for the masses and strives to be a good leader for the masses to get rich.
Committed to cultivating "rising stars"
The Year of the Tiger is approaching, and a vivid "Tiger" theme Of Western Qin imitation embroidery artwork has attracted much attention. Wang Xiuping said that although the price of embroidery artworks such as these is high, there are five hundred to several thousand yuan, and even tens of thousands of yuan, but because these are high-end works of art that she spent several months with the embroidery girls in the embroidery village, stitch by stitch, it is still popular with many people.
In order to ensure that the quality of each Piece of Western Qin imitation embroidery artwork meets the standard, Wang Xiuping does not assess the embroidery ladies in the way of counting pieces, and she must strictly control each work, and will never sell it to the outside world if it does not meet the standards. This spirit of craftsmanship leads the Western Qin imitation embroidery artwork to a new height.
Wang Xiuping embroidery works tiger
After more than ten years of development, Xiuping Embroidery Zhuang has become one of the vanguard of Western Qin embroidery, embroidering many works exported to home and abroad, and Wang Xiuping has also become a household name in Qianyang County.
Today's Qianyang embroidery has become a brand industry, and there are countless customers who come to visit. Wang Xiuping told reporters that this year, when she received orders for "tiger" theme Xiqin imitation embroidery artworks, there were also customers who needed a large number of Qianyang tiger head shoes, tiger head hats, tiger head pillows, fabric tigers, etc. She would enthusiastically contact and quickly transfer them to other embroidery cooperatives, similarly, other cooperatives received orders for Xiqin imitation embroidery artworks, and they would also be introduced to her, and everyone formed a cooperative chain to get rich together.
Asked about the future development path of her and Xiuzhuang, Wang Xiuping said that she will continue to cooperate with Qianyang Vocational Secondary School to train more embroidery students, and Western Qin embroidery, as a national intangible cultural heritage project, needs inheritance and development, so they will be committed to cultivating rising stars.
Wang Xiuping embroidery works shrimp
Wang Xiuping attaches great importance to the innovation of embroidery works and pays great attention to embroidery literary creations. In June 2021, the School of Fine Arts of Baoji College of Arts and Sciences held an exhibition of graduate works, reflecting the combination of art teaching in colleges and universities and local art creation. Some college students' works are to exaggerate the shape and facial features of the cloth tiger, and show the Qianyang embroidered cloth tiger from different angles. This aroused her great interest.
Wang Xiuping said that their embroidery works have also been recognized by professors from Baoji College of Arts and Sciences, hoping to jointly design more embroidery cultural and creative products, and keep up with modern fashion life with the characteristic elements of intangible cultural heritage, so as to better inherit and develop the art of Embroidery in Western Qin.
Baoji Daily all-media reporter Ma Xue
Editor: Wang Xiufang
Review: Hai Xin
Final Judge: Han Zhengqiang