Shu embroidery

Shen Chuqing smiled at Ziyu embarrassedly. Zhang Zixing was a well-known and powerful figure in the embroidery industry, so she didn't dare to ask her for things.

The whispered conversation of several people was drowned in the applause. After the scene became quiet, Zhang Ziyu continued to speak:
"Shu embroidery is an embroidery centered on Chengdu, Sichuan. Together with Shu brocade, it is known as the treasure of Shu. The earliest craftsmanship of Shu embroidery can be traced back to more than 800 years ago.

Putting aside those grotesque myths and legends, let's start with the bronze standing statue unearthed in [-] at the Guanghan Sanxingdui site in the Chengdu Plain, Sichuan.

The bronze figure has a slim waist and a slim body, wearing a crown on his head and a four-piece dress with dragon patterns. The overall matching, decoration and material structure of the clothing are very clearly sculpted.

From the analysis and inference of the history of the development of arts and crafts and textile technology, it is impossible to weave the decorative pattern formed by the lines on the clothes worn by the bronze standing man with the level of textile technology at that time.

Since the expression technique of the above patterns is consistent with the embroidery remnants unearthed in Rujiazhuang, Baoji, Shaanxi in 1974, in the tomb of Yu Boai's concubine's burial in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the clothes worn by the bronze standing figures are very likely to be locks. Made by embroidery.

It can also be inferred from it that the history of Shu embroidery can be traced back to the Sanxingdui civilization of ancient Shu, which was contemporary with the Xia Dynasty civilization in the Central Plains.

With the change of society, the replacement of dynasties, social progress and the migration of political centers, many embroidery techniques including Shu embroidery and Su embroidery have been achieved.

As well as the rise, integration and development of the entire ancient Chinese textile technology, our Shu embroidery has become an inseparable and important part of the history of Chinese textile embroidery.

With its own unique artistic attainments and characteristics of needle techniques, Shu embroidery supports Shu textile, the three major textile centers in China. The development of embroidery craft product culture.

Shu embroidery mostly uses silk threads to embroider on silk or other fabrics, which has formed its inherent characteristics in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

Embroidered patterns pay attention to bright colors, vivid images, and full of three-dimensional sense.

The needle method is more about the flatness of the stitches, the bright lines, the soft color mixing, and the smoothness of the car.

In terms of subject matter, it is not only good at embroidering various flowers, birds, fish and insects, but also expressing majestic landscape paintings. The dragon, which is a collection of animals, is also a common theme in Shu embroidery craftsmanship.

After thousands of years of ups and downs, its skills have been handed down orally by thousands of embroiderers. However, due to some historical reasons, few historical materials and past embroideries of Shu embroidery have survived.

Some traditional superb skills are also missing due to the interruption of inheritance. As the representative of the inheritance of Shu embroidery, I take the opportunity of today's embroidery awards to invite all the embroiderers present to explore the history and history of Shu embroidery with me. Needlework techniques combine traditional techniques with current popular needlework techniques to find a path that is truly suitable for our embroidery to survive.

The Embroidery Awards not only reward embroidery works, but also the spirit of hard work of generations of embroiderers. "

After Zhang Zixing finished speaking, he bowed slightly to the masters in the guest seat, and under thunderous applause, he turned and left the stage.

"Thank you for the wonderful speech made by Comrade Zhang Zixing, the representative of Shu Embroidery, which gave us a deeper understanding of the past and present of Shu Embroidery.

Throughout the ages, our great working people have created countless colorful and exquisite embroidery works with wisdom and hard work.

It also created and developed unique weaving and embroidery skills and culture. Even today, embroidery culture still influences and decorates our lives.

In our embroidery culture, embroidery is not only an aesthetic luxury and consumer product, but also a synonym for beauty.

We will use splendid mountains and rivers to describe the magnificence of the mountains and rivers of our motherland, we will use splendid prospects to symbolize the bright future, we will use carved beams and embroidered households to describe the luxury of houses, and we will use beautiful heart and embroidered mouths to describe a person. .

Embroidery can not only be honored in the elegant halls of princes and nobles, but also enter the homes of ordinary people and become the daily necessities of everyone.

Whether it is art appreciation or accumulated wealth, it is the unique culture of our Chinese nation, and it is the fusion of material culture and spiritual culture.

Folkways and folk customs that affect the land of China complement each other with cultural phenomena such as literature, painting, and religion in our country, and constitute an important part of Chinese national culture. "

Youle returned to the stage again, and Shen Chuqing's blood boiled with excitement after hearing the generous speech, wishing she could take a pen to write it all down.

"Many embroideries have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the embroidery culture of each department is naturally different. This time, we have invited embroiderers from all over the country for the Embroidery Awards. For this purpose, we have specially gathered the representatives of the four major embroidery inheritances. .

Comrade Zhang Zixing has spoken on behalf of Shu Embroidery just now, so now we invite Master Xu Yingqiu, a representative of Su Embroidery inheritance, one of the four major embroideries, to tell us about the characteristics of Su Embroidery. "

After the host finished speaking, he once again solemnly extended the invitation: "Applause, Master Xu Yingqiu."

Amidst the warm applause, a woman in a dark green embroidered gown with a microphone in her hand walked onto the stage slowly.

I saw that her hair full of black hair was only tied up with a wooden hairpin, and her light steps seemed to be walking in the misty rain in March. The unique Jiangnan woman's breath on her body made the originally noisy scene instantly become Quiet.

When that ethereal voice that didn't match her age sounded, it was as delicate and tender as water, like spring raindrops suddenly dripping on the heartstrings.

"Hello everyone! I am Xu Yingqiu, the representative of Su embroidery inheritance. I am very glad to be able to stand on this stage and learn about Su embroidery with you.

I remember that a very powerful old man said this before, if the embroidery world is compared to a rivers and lakes, then Suzhou Embroidery must be the unyielding leader of the embroidery circle. "

Using the most gentle words and speaking the most domineering words, this kind of aura is in stark contrast to Zhang Zixing's strength, but it is equally shocking.

At this moment, Xu Yingqiu was like someone who came to kick the gym, but there was no one who dared to question her strength.

"The origin of Su embroidery is also very simple. It refers to the embroidery that is produced in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. I won't say much about the history of Su embroidery. In the Qing Dynasty, most of the court embroidery products came from Su embroidery.