Shu embroidery

"Yanliu painting bridges and water alleys, houses with white walls and black tiles, an embroidery shed, ten fingers of spring breeze, our Suzhou embroidery is known for its light and elegant colors, beautiful patterns, lively stitches and fine embroidery.

It is the most famous in the world for its beauty, and was deeply influenced by the Wu School of Ming Dynasty. Most of them are based on traditional Chinese paintings, and there are many masterpieces of landscapes, flowers and birds.

Suzhou embroidery has the characteristics of flat embroidery surface, neat pattern edges, fine needles, fine embroidery threads, compact line arrangement, no stitches, appropriate color setting, dazzling brilliance, free force and round rotation, and fine and uniform lines.

The works pay attention to the interest of distinguishing the distance from the mountains and rivers, the pavilions have a deep body, the characters should have a vivid feeling of looking at the view, and the flowers and birds can express a graceful and intimate attitude, which is exquisite, elegant and natural.

On May 5 last month, with the approval of the State Council, our Su embroidery, like Shu embroidery, was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list. "

As soon as Xu Yingqiu's voice fell, the scene burst into warm applause. She turned around leisurely and exited gracefully, just like the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, engraved in the hearts of everyone present.

"The southeast is well-shaped, the three Wu cities, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times. There are smoked willows and painted bridges, wind curtains and emerald curtains, and there are 10 homes.

Whenever I read this poem, my mind is full of uneven families in the south of the Yangtze River. The misty and rainy Jiangnan, beautiful scenery, beautiful paintings, beautiful people, and Suzhou embroidery are even more beautiful. "

Youle walked onto the stage slowly. On the big screen behind her, the quadruple screen of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum embroidered by Master Qian, a Suzhou embroidery family, was scrolling.

"I have appreciated and understood Suzhou embroidery. Next, I will invite Mr. Hu Yun from Changsha, Hunan Province to tell us about the characteristics of Hunan embroidery. Please welcome Mr. Hu Yun for applause."

Youle left the stage again. A man in a blue double-breasted gown, who looked about fifty away, walked to the center of the stage with his head held high.

He raised the microphone and cleared his throat, and said without haste: "There is such a sentence that is specially used to describe Hunan embroidery, embroidered flowers smell like peanuts, embroidered birds can hear, embroidered tigers can run, and embroidered people can express their spirits." .

The most important thing about our Hunan embroidery is realism, which emphasizes simplicity and beauty, vivid images, and a combination of virtual and real structures. It skillfully integrates traditional Chinese painting, embroidery, poetry, calligraphy, gold and stone, and various arts.

It must be vivid and lifelike, with bright colors, both form and spirit, and the effect of both movement and stillness.

The history of Hunan embroidery can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In 2000, more than forty pieces of embroidered clothing were unearthed from the Western Han Dynasty tomb at Mawangdui in Changsha. It can be seen that embroidery in Hunan has been around since the Western Han Dynasty more than [-] years ago. developed to a higher level.

The brilliant Chu Embroidery and Mawangdui Han Embroidery directly compose the proud medals in the history of Chinese embroidery, and logically became the root of the initial development of Hunan Embroidery.

So far, Hunan embroidery has formed 5 major categories and 72 complete stitching systems, which have perfectly laid a good foundation for literati paintings and modern photography works.

After several years of reform and progress, we have broken the stereotypes and sublimated the traditional embroidery techniques into an artistic realm full of the atmosphere of the times by using ingenious techniques.

Finally, I would like to add that the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list also has a place for our Hunan embroidery. "

"I'll go. Three of the four famous embroiders have entered. I thought that our Shu embroidery would be the best!"

Shu embroidery was selected as an intangible cultural heritage. Feng Li knew about it from the moment the news came out, but as a native of Sichuan, he obviously didn't care much about other embroidery.

"The country attaches great importance to it, so that we can go further on the road of embroidery. Although the four famous embroideries are divided into regional factions, they each have their own characteristics. A flower blooming alone is better than a hundred flowers blooming together." Shen Chuqing whispered Said.

"Chuqing is right, although we have regional factions, but when our Shu embroidery lost its inheritance, didn't we borrow the skills of Shanghai Gu embroidery to innovate in the mainstream.

In fact, the same is true for Hunan embroidery. There have been faults during the period, but most of them use Su embroidery and Guangdong embroidery to extend their embroidery skills.

On the surface we are thousands of miles apart, but in fact we are connected with each other, and we thrive when we thrive. "Ziyu said in a low voice.

"Let us all thank Mr. Hu Yun with warm applause for his wonderful explanation, so that everyone can have a deeper understanding of the realistic beauty of Hunan embroidery."

With Hu Yun's exit, Youle stepped onto the stage again. With her gentle and intellectual voice, many representative masterpieces of Hunan embroidery began to appear on the big screen, and even the embroidery unearthed from the Mawangdui Han Tomb appeared very intimately. work.

"A needle is thinner than a hair, and the rules are not forgotten when writing."

Youle said again: "After appreciating the realistic beauty of Hunan embroidery, the next thing I will bring to you is Guangdong embroidery, which is the most important of the four famous embroideries.

Please invite Ms. Lu Yumei, the representative of our Cantonese embroidery inheritance, to explain the knowledge and characteristics of Cantonese embroidery to everyone. Ms. Lu Yumei is welcome to applaud. "

The moment Youle left the stage, a woman in her thirties quickly walked to the middle of the stage in a professional suit.

"Hi everyone, I'm Lu Yumei, from Guangzhou, Guangdong. I'm very glad to be here to share with you the beauty of our Cantonese embroidery."

With strong Cantonese and Mandarin, even without self-introduction, everyone present can instantly tell where she is from.

"Yue embroidery is actually the general name of Guangzhou embroidery and Chao embroidery. It is honored to be listed as one of the four famous embroidery. Of course, we are also a member of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list."

"I'll go, all four of them have entered. It's really amazing. When will our machine embroidery be included in the national intangible cultural heritage." Feng Li couldn't help but swear, but her eyes were full of envy.

"That may have to wait another 1000 years, until new technology replaces machine embroidery." Shen Chuqing couldn't help laughing.

"Cantonese embroidery pays attention to rich and complicated composition, neat and exaggerated patterns, bright colors, strong contrast, various stitches, and good at changing.

It also uses the unique embroidery method of the waterway to make the embroidered patterns distinct and harmonious.

Cantonese embroidery has a wide range of themes, most of which are based on traditional themes such as dragon and phoenix, peony, birds and phoenix, southern fruit, peacock and parrot, and antique utensils.

Among them, the most distinctive one is Chao embroidery, which includes more than ten kinds of stitching methods and more than forty kinds of velvet embroidery methods.

Among them, the most noteworthy is the two-needle scale stitch method, which is a needle method that is not used in all embroidery methods across the country.Nail gold embroidery uses techniques such as cushioning, embroidery, pasting, stitching, and embellishment, which can bring relief-like artistic effects to the embroidery surface.