Xi'an, January 30 news (reporter Wang Jiaai correspondent Wang Sanhe) On January 27, the outside of the house was full of snowflakes, and the inside of the house was red and red. At Xia Lulu's home in Xiangqiao Street, Lintong District, Xi'an City, tiger head hats, tiger head shoes, tiger head vests... Everywhere is full of colorful and cute tigers.
Mascot made by Xia Lulu (courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Lintong District Party Committee of the Central Broadcasting Network)
Material selection, drawing, cutting, filling, embroidery, gluing... Xia Lulu, who is usually mainly responsible for design, is also very busy in order to cope with the peak sales season of the Year of the Tiger. With the advent of the Year of the Tiger, the various characteristic tiger decorations he made have become a good way for people to express their blessings, and the customers who watch and order goods online are endless, and even the red hot scene of "grabbing goods" has appeared. "Spring Festival sales accounted for one-third of the year, and thousands of them were sold in this period of time alone." Xia Lulu said.
"The tiger is the king of the hundred beasts, the mascot of bao'an, and the harmonic sound of the word 'Fu' in our folk culture." Xia Lulu introduced that in the process of designing and making tiger head hats and tiger head shoes, he will use different techniques, materials and shapes, which also makes the little tiger look more cute.
The 27-year-old Guan Xiao is the fifth generation of the Xia family embroidery family in the Xiangqiao area, and is a well-known embroidery expert.
Xia family embroidery is a folk embroidery, the inheritance is based on family, relatives or neighbors oral teaching, there is no clear master-apprentice relationship, naturally passed down from generation to generation, has been active in the villages of Lintong Xiangqiao. Ten miles and eight townships all know that "there is a clever girl in the Xia family, and the embroidered flowers are praised by everyone".
Xia Lulu's grandmother is a folk embroidery craftsman, he learned from his grandmother since childhood, and he was fascinated by the craft of embroidery.
Xia Lulu, who is working conscientiously (Courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Lintong District CPC Committee)
"I like the ancient charm of traditional Chinese culture, and I prefer the inspiration of the hands-on tailoring to make the heart jump." Xia Lulu said proudly and slightly shyly. During his time at the School of Fashion and Art Design of Xi'an Polytechnic University, he had more opportunities to learn and practice, and also participated in the 2017 World Ceremonial Costume Competition and won the Best Men's Design Award. This experience made him deeply appreciate the magic of skillfully integrating the "elegance" of Chinese culture with the "thinking" of fashion design, and also strengthened his idea of "allowing more people to understand the connotation of Chinese culture and like traditional Chinese culture".
After graduation, Xia Lulu walked through almost the entire Guanzhong Province village on foot, constantly sorting out the traditional folk embroidery culture and craftsmanship, and designing new products, so that the original "cheap craft products" that everyone thought had become a work of art that integrated culture, heavy industry and auspiciousness. Xia Lulu also relies on embroidery and adopts the methods of training and inheritance, fixed and flexible employment, which has led to the employment of some women and disabled people in the surrounding areas.
"Ge bei, shoe patterns, hemming, bottoming, upper, embroidery, stitching, molding, even the simplest tiger head shoes, it takes a week to make a pair." Xia Lulu introduced that the stitching method of Guanzhong embroidery mainly has two kinds of "tie" and "hanging", from the embroidery pattern and shape, they all have ancient cultural elements, such as children's tiger head hats, tiger head shoes and tiger pillows, etc., each work is to show the beautiful story through the embroidery fabric, reflecting people's yearning for a better life.
"What we embroider is not only the work, but also the love and inheritance of national culture, and I also hope that like-minded partners can pass on the traditional art of celebration and happiness like myself, so that more people can understand the intangible cultural heritage project of Guanzhong folk embroidery." Xia Lulu said. Due to the creativity of young people and the inheritance of handicraft skills, Xia Lulu founded the "Daoyuan Grandma" embroidery brand, designed some tiger head bags, tiger head pendants and jewelry, using popular fabrics, combined with traditional crafts, so that folk culture elements into their own creations, and gradually formed their own unique style. The works full of Chinese flavor have also made him a "Guanzhong embroidery lang" for the people around him, and many students and students have come to learn design and production skills.
"Every piece has a temperature, and every stitch and every thread carries a dialogue between the elements of tradition and the future." Xia Lulu said that she will integrate the best wishes into each work, pass on the power and charm of traditional culture, give Chinese culture to clothing, and let clothing have the light of life.