May 5 is the Summer Festival. At this year's Winter Olympics, the countdown to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics amazed the world with the twenty-four solar terms. In Suzhou, Su embroidery artists recreate the beauty of Chinese culture through a set of Su embroidery plates in their hands.
Walking into the Chen Hongying Embroidery Art Museum, Su embroidery artist Chen Hongying is busy embroidering the word "Xia". The rich layers of colors and hidden phenological information vividly show the scene of the Lixia festival.
The Su embroidery edition of the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" series of works was planned and cooperated by Dr. Qi Deli of the Institute of Geographical Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chen Hongying, a Su embroidery artist. Qidley has lived in Suzhou for many years and guided the R&D team to publish a series of original picture books on geography and science, such as "This is the Twenty-Four Solar Terms" and "Lovely China". By chance, Chen Hongying saw Dr. Qi's original picture book of the twenty-four solar terms, and she had the idea of using Su embroidery to create and express it.
Dr. QiDeli of the Institute of Geographical Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said: "Our twenty-four solar terms have been passed down for thousands of years, and it is also an understanding of our old ancients on the heavens and the earth. In the process, we came up with the idea of using Chinese characters to express it. The use of Chinese characters to portray people's understanding of solar terms and phenology, a summary of experience. ”
The creation of the Su embroidery version of the 24 solar terms began in this year's Lichun, and each solar term work took about 20 days to complete. Today, nearly 20 Su embroidery works have been completed. Spring, rain, thunder, birds, wind, flowers, summer, wheat, rice... Twenty-four very intuitive creative Chinese characters skillfully interpret the "twenty-four solar terms" law and seventy-two characteristics of the year. The expression of Su embroidery is used to let people perceive the beauty of nature, feel the depth of culture, and feel the essence of art. In a few more time, the Su embroidered version of the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" series of works will be completed. In the future, this set of Su embroidery works will meet the public through various exhibition activities.
Su embroidery artist Chen Hongying said: "By showing the culture of the 24 solar terms this time, Su embroidery can be integrated into life, so that more people can understand the 24 solar terms and the intangible handicraft culture. ”
(Reporting by Geng Haodong, Shi Zhihu, Guo Yu, Li Mingyang, Suzhou Central Station)
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