The Imperial Calendar Bag is an ancient incense bun that is passed down in the Yangquan folk of Shanxi in the hinterland of Taihang. The history of the sachet in our country is very long, "the river is far away from the Zhi Xi, sewing Qiulan thought it was admired." "From the famous sentence in Qu Yuan's "Leaving sorrow", it shows the scene of the ancients carrying the pei wei filled with vanilla (Jiang Li, Pei Zhi, Qiu Lan) on their bodies. Yangquan Imperial Calendar Bag, is quite a northern characteristics of the sachet, shaped like a lock, the surface of the bag is a beautiful meaning of exquisite embroidery, the bag not only has Chinese medicine and herbs, but also the crystalline imperial calendar of Chinese civilization (perpetual calendar) into it, pinning the good wishes of the soul, infiltrated with the symbolic meaning of blessing and avoiding evil. The imperial calendar bag shows the ancient spiritual outlook of life and vitality, expresses the connotation of simple and healthy folk culture, and contains the broad and majestic national temperament of Chinese civilization.
Yangquan suburban Sunjiagou Village, only more than ten kilometers away from the city, the name sounds like a strong local flavor, in fact, this is a new type of rural area, small buildings, beautiful gardens, can be comparable to urban communities. The well-known Jin embroidery expert on the Internet, the producer of the imperial calendar bag "Shanxi Sun Jie" lives in Sunjiagou New Village, as soon as she enters her home, she is immediately amazed by the red willow green and various embroidery products in the whole house, and the sofa in front of the window in the corner of the living room is full of colorful silk threads and semi-finished embroidery products, next to the coffee table, there are all kinds of embroidery that have been completed, there are cute children's tiger head shoes tiger head hat and tiger head bib, there are exquisite and cute car ornament pendants, there are handkerchief insoles with meaning auspiciousness, and fashionable embroidery handbag wallets. Each object is hand-embroidered with a thread of thorium, bright colors, fine stitches, and a strong local atmosphere, from wearing to use, each piece of embroidery wordlessly conveys the good wishes full of ancient meaning.
"Shanxi Sun Sister" real name is Sun Yuying, a smile on the face, eyebrows are full of heroism, a look is an optimistic and cheerful, enthusiastic and generous Sister Qiao, in her embroidered works, the most proud of her, is the imperial calendar bag, the imperial calendar bag palm size, the silhouette is in the shape of an ancient long-life lock, tied on the red rope copper coin, falling tassels, very beautiful. The two sides of the bag are embroidered with various auspicious patterns in accordance with traditional customs, and the interior is filled with six kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs of thorns, lavender, mint, baizhi, mugwort, huoxiang and a small packet of cinnabar. Specially, the ancestors believed that the imperial calendar (perpetual calendar) is a legendary ancient book that records the astronomical calendar, can see the past and present lives, can know the misfortunes and auspiciousness, represents the unity of heaven and man, so the imperial calendar is packed into the bag, which is also the origin of the name "Imperial Calendar Bag", although with the development of the times, people have long had a scientific understanding of the natural world, but the symbolic meaning carried by the tradition has continued to this day. The Imperial Calendar Bag combines the physical effects of herbal insect repellent disinfection, refreshing the mind, dispersing turbidity and stasis, and the spiritual sustenance of blessing peace and blessing auspiciousness conveyed by the Imperial Calendar, and at the same time expresses the practical function, the blessing of the soul and the beauty of the vision through the beautiful artistic conception created by the embroidered pattern.
Although the imperial calendar bag has a long history, in recent years, it has been covered with pearls and dust, and few people know about it. Sun Yuying and the old artists excavated and rescued before restoring the traditional skills. Look at the imperial calendar bag she made, each one is three-dimensional and full, the pattern is bright and generous, the feel is warm and delicate, and the classical atmosphere of traditional Chinese culture is exuded from the inside to the outside. Yuying said that in recent years, the imperial calendar bag is very popular in the folk, marriage, childbirth, birthday, housewarming joy can see its figure everywhere, and different uses, to match different patterns, "children wear 'full moon bag' and 'age bag', embroidered with fish leaping dragon gate, long snake gecko, meaning rich and auspicious, auspicious and auspicious, auspicious and evil; young people like 'wedding bag' and 'lover bag', embroidered with dragon and phoenix, goldfish play lotus, meaning a hundred years of good union, more children and more blessings; the old people's collection of 'meditation bag' 'health care package', embroidered Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, pine crane extended year, It means peace in all seasons and happiness in life. "Yes, an imperial calendar bag is a beautiful story, an imperial calendar bag is a deep feeling, and an imperial calendar bag is a strong blessing."
"Don't look at this imperial calendar bag is not the size of the palm of your hand, but the production is very exquisite." Sun Yuying said that the most important and time-consuming thing is the production of two noodles, using the traditional Jin embroidery production method. In the early stage, it is necessary to go through the preparation of several links such as beating (making the substrate), cropping, veneering, drawing, sticking, etc., before the embroidery can begin. Yuying took out the imperial calendar lock pattern on a hard substrate, cut off a pair evenly than the above pattern, this substrate is called "yuyi" in Yuying's words, to make the imperial calendar bag, do a good job of "yu yu" is very critical, the production method is also pure hand, first the first layer of pure cotton cloth is spread on the flat wooden board, with the beaten sizing on the cloth evenly, and then the same size of the fabric is spread, with a rolling pin to flatten the compaction, repeat four to five layers, in sufficient sunlight for two days, it is made of a hard bottom. China's famous four famous embroidery, are embroidered on a layer of cloth, for "soft embroidery", and the embroidery method "Jin embroidery" circulated in the Taihang Mountains compared with other embroidery species, the characteristic is that it is glued together on the five layers of cloth embroidery, relatively speaking, the hardness is stronger, the difficulty is greater, so it is called "hard embroidery", and from the perspective of embroidery forming, the pattern is hard and thick, the three-dimensional sense is strong, more simple and rough, unique.
The imperial calendar bag is a cultural product with a beautiful meaning, how to give it a new connotation? Sun Yuying moved her brain, she for different users, create different patterns, in addition to the traditional "lock bag" and "single lock package", but also designed a suitable suspension, decorative role of the "combination of imperial calendar bags" "Fu Yu bao", and expand the idea, increase the variety, extend the design of the "car decoration bag" and "pendant bag", the shape also broke through the traditional "lock" shape, according to different uses developed out of the "gourd shape", "animal shape" and other shapes. In the folk, centipedes, poisonous snakes, scorpions, geckos and toads are called "five poisons", and the folk song is called "Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot; the five poisons wake up, restless life!" The "five poisons" pattern is very common in folk embroidery, embroidered with five poisons on the imperial calendar bag, the bag is filled with Chinese herbs, worn with you, you can avoid evil, pray, and keep peace! According to this idea, combined with the wearing habits of modern people, Yuying innovatively designed the "five poisons" small pendant, retaining the traditional pattern and meaning, and making a four-centimeter square plate. In the modeling method, the more difficult "pick embroidery" is adopted, and the combination of embroidery and plastic in this embroidery method increases the three-dimensional sense and interest of the pattern. When embroidering, you must first embroider the pattern outline with a roller needle, and then start to pick from the side, "when picking, you must grasp the tightness and moderation, too tight the second layer can not find the needle eye, too loose the needle eye is loose, will expose the filling inside, and each layer must be picked according to the needle eye, and there will be a pattern when it is picked." The "five poisons" pendant she made, the small animals seem to jump out of the bag, vivid and vivid, exquisite, ancient and simple, vivid and vivid, clearly showing the original cultural heritage, rich in a strong local atmosphere.