What is the origin of Chinese embroidery? When did embroidery come about? How long is it old?

Embroidery is a folk art that belongs to our country.

One of them, people use a variety of threads to embroider some favorite patterns on it, in ancient times there has been this traditional art, which is also a kind of essence of our country, the types of embroidery are also very many, there are summer show Xiangxiu and Suzhou embroidery.

This type of embroidery is generally used on clothing, tablecloths, and works of art.

Embroidery was called needlework in ancient times.

This technique is generally only mastered by girls, mainly using some colored threads to embroider some patterns on textiles. Because embroidery, mostly made by women, this is also one of the important technical functions of women, embroidery is also a traditional handicraft in our country, in China hand embroidery process history can reach more than 2,000 years. According to the Shangshu records, more than 4,000 years ago, our chapter uniform system had a painting and embroidery, and there were records of embroidery in the Zhou Dynasty, and the Warring States period unearthed in Hunan and Hubei, as well as the embroidery level of the Han Dynasty was very high.

In the Tang Dynasty, embroidery also had a new development, because the distortion was very fine, and the color was relatively rich, at this time it was used for embroidery or calligraphy, painting and decoration. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was a feudal dynasty.

The scale of court embroidery is relatively large, and the folk embroidery skills have also been developed.

Hunan embroidery is several famous embroidery. Each one has its own style, because the stitching is different, the colors are different, and it has a variety of characteristics.

According to the different materials of embroidery, there are feather embroidery or silk embroidery and hair embroidery, the main use is life clothing and singing and dancing, as well as opera costumes and pillowcases in life, arranging cushions. Some of the furnishings hanging in people's lives, as well as the embroidery of the Ming Dynasty, are very famous, the embroidery craft will be passed down from generation to generation throughout the city, everyone is willing to appreciate and learn when they see this beautiful thing, and now embroidery has become a skill.

Embroidery originated very early. The text of the embroidery is found in the book. At the time of Yu Shun, there was already embroidery.

The Eastern Zhou Dynasty has set up officials to perform their duties, and there have been court embroidery in the Han Dynasty. Wu Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms made Mrs. Zhao embroider the topography of the mountains and rivers and the military formation map, the first year of Tang Yongzhen (AD 805) Lu Meiniang with the Lotus Sutra seven volumes, embroidered on the ruler silk, famous for embroidery, see in the former records. Since the Han Dynasty, embroidery has gradually become a unique art in the boudoir, and famous embroiderers have also occupied a place in the history of art.

Embroidery is one of the ancient Chinese handicraft skills, and Chinese handicraft embroidery has a history of more than 2,000 years. According to the "Book of Shang", as early as 4,000 years ago, the chapter uniform system stipulated that "clothes should be painted and embroidered". In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a record of "embroidering wives together".

The embroidery of the Warring States period and the Han Dynasty unearthed in Hubei and Hunan is relatively high. Embroidery in the Tang Dynasty was widely used in painting, calligraphy, and decoration because of its delicate stitching and rich colors.

Embroidery has appeared in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties in our country. Embroidery has been around for more than 2,000 years.

Embroidery originated in Suzhou. Chinese embroidery has a long history and occupies an important position in the treasure house of the world's clothing culture. China is an ancient civilization in the world, and it is also one of the earliest countries in the world to produce textiles.

Chinese civilization has created a brilliant clothing culture, and people often use embroidery to decorate daily necessities such as clothes, skirts, jackets, pillows, etc., to beautify life and create a beautiful world. Embroidery is quite influential in China's traditional arts and crafts industry, is the crystallization of the splendid culture of the Chinese nation, and is a magnificent and colorful garden of Chinese art.

In the eyes of foreigners, embroidery is one of the representatives of Chinese culture and art. In China's embroidery industry, Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery, Guangdong embroidery and other four famous embroidery, well-known at home and abroad, so that China's ancient embroidery industry flourishes and shines.

History says that there are records of painted patterns in the era of the Yellow Emperor. That is to say, ancient primitive humans have long known how to beautify themselves with color. At the beginning, the color is applied to the body, which is called "Zhangshen"; and then further pierced on the body, called "tattoo"; Later, it was painted on clothes, and then developed into embroidery on clothing.

Shangshu said that Yu Shun's clothes have colorful colors, and there are six kinds of patterns on the top, namely the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the dragon, and the Chinese insects; There are six kinds of patterns in the lower clothes, which are Zongyi, algae, fire, pink rice, 黼, 黻, a total of 12 kinds of slag containing patterns, called 12 chapters. At least two of them are embroidered (finger 黼黻). In the Zhou Dynasty's "Book of Rites and Sacrifices", it is said that "in ancient times, the princes of the Son of Heaven all had offices to raise silkworms.

Silkworms are ripe, offering cocoons to reel silk, dyeing them into red, green, Xuan, yellow and other colors, such as talking and laughing as "黼黻 article" (that is, using different colors of silk threads, embroidered into various patterns on the dress). According to Cihai, the character "黼 (phonetic)" is interpreted as embroidering a half-black and half-white pattern on ancient ceremonial dresses; The character "黻 (musical note)" is interpreted as embroidering a half-blue and half-black pattern on an ancient dress. As for the word "article", it has become a word in modern Chinese, and the meaning is very clear, but in ancient Chinese, it has a different meaning.

It is called "text" with blue and red thread embroidery, and it is called "chapter" with red and white thread embroidery. In fact, the word "article" originally meant splendid, and later it was translated into a metaphor. Another meaning of "wen" refers to painting, which is the same as "pattern".

According to the annotation, "the text refers to the painting, and the dress and the top of the ancient sacrifice service are painted, and the bottom is embroidered". In a word, embroidery originated very early and has existed since ancient times.

At present, the earliest embroidery object that can be seen is of course the "dragon, phoenix and tiger pattern embroidery" unearthed from the tomb of Chu in the Warring States period in Jingzhou (see the picture on the left). This is a well-preserved work that is represented by the lock embroidery method on the ground. In addition, there are dragon and phoenix embroidery silk unearthed from the same tomb, and the embroidery of Chu State unearthed in Changsha Martyrs Park in Hunan Province, which is also very well preserved, which is the best information for understanding ancient embroidery.

Chinese embroidery originated more than 3,000 years ago, and legend has it that there was a bright and beautiful girl in ancient Suzhou who was rushing to make a new dowry before getting married, and accidentally poked a hole in the placket during the production process. She was in a hurry to embroider a small flower with colored velvet, which not only covered up the hole, but also looked extraordinarily beautiful, which played the icing on the cake. Inspired for the first time, the smart Suzhou people began to like to wear embroidered clothes.

According to Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty.

Written "Saying Yuan".

It is recorded that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the Wu people began to apply embroidery techniques to beautify life.

The text of the embroidery is found in the book. Yu Shun.

At that time, there was already embroidery. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty has set up officials to perform their duties, and there have been palace embroideries in the Han Dynasty. Wu Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms made Mrs. Zhao embroider the topography of mountains and rivers and military formations, and in the first year of Tang Yongzhen (805 AD), Lu Meiniang used the Lotus Sutra.

Seven volumes, embroidered on ruler silk, famous for embroidery, see in the former's biography. Since the Han Dynasty, embroidery has gradually become a unique art in the boudoir, and famous embroiderers have also occupied a place in the history of art.

According to archaeologists' investigation of various ancient tombs and documents, the origin of embroidery is very early, and it has been well developed in the third dynasty of the Xia and Shang dynasties.