It is common to hear people say that they like Chinese embroidery, but do you know that there are actually more doorways in the middle of those exquisite patterns on the clothes? Today Xiaobian will give you a variety of science popularization, next time don't put all the 'embroidery' into a talk.
| Xiang embroidery |
Handmade silk thread embroidery centered on Changsha, Hunan, one of the four famous embroideries in China. Xiang embroidery has a long history, and in Changsha, Chu embroidery of the Warring States period and Han embroidery of the Western Han Dynasty have been unearthed. Xiang embroidery needle method is mainly based on mixing needles, according to different objects and different textures shown in different parts of the application of different stitches, so that the objects are more real, more three-dimensional, and gradually form embroidery realistic, distinctive color, simple style of local characteristics, lions, tigers are Xiang embroidery traditional products.
| Cantonese embroidery |
Cantonese embroidery is the general name of Guangdong embroidery art, one of the four famous embroideries in China. Including guangzhou-centered "Guangdong embroidery" and "Lake embroidery" represented by Huzhou two major genres. It has a local style with neat composition, richness, bright colors, and is especially characteristic of the technique of leaving a waterway (empty line embroidery at the junction and overlap of patterns). Guangdong embroidery wins with elegance, with flat gold embroidery method, appropriate cushion brocade, and the color is slightly light. Lake embroidery pays attention to the effect, the color is magnificent, using nails, pads, pastes, spelling and other techniques to make the embroidery like reliefs.
| Shu embroidery |
Handmade silk thread embroidery with Chengdu, Sichuan as the production center, is one of the four famous embroideries in China. Shu embroidery has been famous all over the world as early as the Han Dynasty. Shu embroidery is made of stitches, silk thread thickness and thickness are used, needles are transported freely, stitches are flat and rigorous, and the colors are gorgeous. There are more than 30 kinds of stitching methods, of which two or two stitches, two or three stitches, three stitches are unique stitches of Shu embroidery.
| Su embroidery |
Su embroidery is Suzhou embroidery, its birthplace is in Suzhou Wu County, still centered on Suzhou, has now spread throughout Yangzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Suqian, Dongtai and other places in Jiangsu Province. Jiangsu embroidery production area Jiangsu land is fertile. According to the Western Han Dynasty Liu Xiang's "Saying Garden", as early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,000 years ago, Wu Guo had used Su embroidery for clothing. During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan, the king of Wu, ordered Zhao Dacheng's sister to hand embroider the "Map of the Nations". According to the "Qing Secret Collection", Su embroidery "The embroidery of the Song people, the needle and thread are fine, using one or two threads, and using needles like hair thinners." The color is exquisite and brilliant. It can be seen that in the Song Dynasty, the art of Su embroidery has reached a fairly high level.
| Kyo embroidery |
Beijing-centered embroidery, also known as "palace embroidery" or "palace embroidery", flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties and was mostly used in court decoration and clothing. Beijing embroidery materials are exquisite, exquisite technology, elegant style, known for their luxurious materials. Generally, the best satin is used as the fabric, with bright embroidery thread, and its color is similar to the pastel and enamel color in porcelain, in addition to the use of gold and silver hammer foil twisted gold and silver thread. Most of the Beijing embroidery treasures that are now circulating in the world are from male craftsmen, which is the obvious difference between "court embroidery" and "boudoir embroidery".
| Qin embroidery |
Embroidery centered on the Xi'an area. Qin embroidery is a new embroidery that was innovatively completed in the 1970s on the basis of "Na yarn embroidery", and the color is unrestrained and idealized. Enthusiastic and bold and exaggerated, good use of primary colors, of which blue, red, yellow, black, white and other colors of strong contrast is more common, especially the use of red is the most common.
| Jin embroidery |
Shanxi folk a kind of ancient traditional handicraft, very Shanxi local characteristics, the color of the use of strong contrasting colors, the main stitching method for long and short needles, set needles, missing needles, winding needles, etc., embroidery three-dimensional sense of strong, visual effects are full and thick. Jin embroidery is mainly represented by court embroidery, insoles, and tiger head gourds.
| Embroidery |
The general name of Henan embroidery centered on Kaifeng, also known as Song embroidery, has a history of about 800 years. Contemporary embroidery inherits the theme and craft characteristics of Song embroidery, absorbs the local flavor of Henan folk embroidery, and innovates a large number of stitches on this basis. Famous for embroidering Famous Chinese paintings and ancient paintings, the embroidery techniques are exquisite and delicate, the embroidery colors are simple and elegant, the layers are clear, and the image is realistic.
| Ou embroidery |
The local traditional art of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, because Wenzhou is located on the shore of the Oujiang River, is also known as "Wen embroidery", also known as painting curtain. It began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is made by scraping off the green skin of moso bamboo, layering it, boiling it into a bamboo curtain, and then making a work on it with pigments and colored threads. There are more than 20 types of stitches, including broken needles, roller needles, and random needles. Ou embroidery content includes characters, animals, landscapes and landscapes, especially the characters.
| Hang embroidery |
Hangzhou embroidery, that is, Hangzhou embroidery, also known as Ji embroidery, originated in the Han Dynasty and reached the southern Song Dynasty as its peak period. Hangzhou embroidery is mainly male workers. Therefore, the industry has formed a rule of only accepting male workers and not female workers, and only passing on daughters-in-law and not passing on daughters, which has been followed to the Republic of China and has become a major feature of Hangzhou embroidery. Most of the pattern designs of Hangzhou embroidery are based on traditional patterns such as dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, bats, peacocks, peonies, shou peaches, ruyi, bagua, and west lake scenery that are popular among the people.
| Gu Xiu |
Gu embroidery is not a regional embroidery, but the late Ming Dynasty Gu clan female relatives are good at embroidery and named. What Gu Xiu presents is a culture and a work of art. The silk threads and base materials cost by Gu Xiu are all selected products, and the Tang and Song Dynasty calligraphy paintings that are copied as models are also very expensive; and Gu's children and grandchildren "must choose many parties to win when they eat and live". Later, when the Gu clan declined and there were no descendants to raise, they commercialized Gu embroidery and also recruited embroidery girls.
| Ethnic embroidery |
In addition to the Han Chinese, there are fifty-five ethnic minorities living in various places, and the embroidery craft is also widely popular among ethnic minorities. Miao, Yao, Dong, Zhuang, Tu, Qiang, Yi, Bai, Tujia, Tibetan, Mongolian, Uighur and other ethnic groups have their own characteristic embroidery art. Ethnic minorities mostly decorate embroidery on clothing and daily necessities, the pattern is exquisite, the color coordination is coordinated, the embroidery is meticulous and exquisite, not only with practicality, but also has a strong ornamental and high artistic value.
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