The history of Chinese embroidery, the long history of embroidery

The origin of embroidery, the history is long, the literature records in Yu Shun, archaeological unearthed relics are currently found only to the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

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.

The origin of Chinese embroidery is very early, according to legend, "Shun Lingyu embroidery five color embroidery", Xia, Shang, the third dynasty and the Qin and Han dynasties have been developed, from the early unearthed textiles, embroidery products can often be seen, the early embroidery relics show: the Zhou Dynasty is still simple and rough; The Warring States period gradually became exquisite, and the embroidery of this period was braided and embroidered, also known as braided embroidery, lock embroidery. The embroidery unearthed from the tomb of the Warring States Chu of the No. 1 Warring States Period of Mashan Silicon Factory in Jiangling, Hubei Province, has the embroidery of the phoenix, the dragon and the dragon, the phoenix, the dragon, the phoenix, the tiger, the embroidery, etc., are embroidered with the braid strands, and do not add painting and color, which marks that the embroidery process at this time has developed to a very mature stage.

Embroidery, called needle embroidery in ancient times, is a process of using embroidery needles to draw color threads, embroidering the design patterns on textiles, and forming patterns with embroidery traces. In ancient times, it was called "黹" and "needle". Because embroidery is mostly made by women, it belongs"Female red"an important part.

Embroidery is one of China's ancient handicraft skills, and China's handmade embroidery process has a history of more than 2,000 years. According to the "Book of Shang", the chapter uniform system more than 4,000 years ago stipulated that "clothes are painted and embroidered". To the Zhou Dynasty, there is a record of "embroidery and co-employment".

The embroidery of the Warring States period and the Han Dynasty unearthed in Hubei and Hunan is of a very high level. Tang and Song Dynasty embroidery needles are evenly fine, rich in color, and embroidery is popular for calligraphy and painting, ornaments, etc. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the court embroidery of the feudal dynasty was very large, and the folk embroidery was further developed, and successively produced Suzhou embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, Long embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery, known as the "five famous embroidery".

In addition, there are Gu embroidery, Beijing embroidery, Ou embroidery, Lu embroidery, Fujian embroidery, Bian embroidery, Han embroidery, hemp embroidery and Miao embroidery, etc., all have their own styles, along the way to the present, enduring. The stitches of embroidery are: Qi needle, set needle, puncture needle, long and short needle, beating needle, flat gold, poke sand and so on dozens of kinds, rich and colorful, each with its own characteristics.