Suzhou embroidery

Suzhou is the center of Jiangsu Province, including the general name of embroidery products in Jiangsu Province. Suzhou embroidery is originated in Wuxian District of Suzhou, bordering Taihu Lake. It has a mild climate abounds in silk. Local women are always good at embroidery. Superior geographical environment rich brocade create favorable conditions for the development of Suzhou embroidery. In the long historical development process, Suzhou embroidery has formed a local style with beautiful patterns, harmonious colors, clear lines, lively stitches fine embroidery.

Shu embroidery

Also known as "Sichuan embroidery", it is the general name of Sichuan embroidery products centering on Chengdu. Shu embroidery has a long history. According to the records of Huayang state in Chang Yu of Jin Dynasty, embroidery in Shu was very famous at that time, Shu embroidery Shu Brocade were juxtaposed as famous products in Shu. Shu embroidery takes soft satin colorful silk as the main raw materials, with rich types of needlework, which gives full play to the advantages of hand embroidery forms a strong local style. The themes of Shu embroidery are mainly flowers birds, animals, mountains rivers, insects fish, people. In addition to the pure appreciation of embroidery screen, there are quilt covers, pillowcases, clothes, shoes, cushions, tablecloths, headscarves, handkerchiefs, painting screens, etc. It has both large screen small pocket pieces. It is a fine art with both appreciation practicability.

Hunan embroidery

Hunan Changsha as the center of embroidery products. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912) the 22nd year of the Republic of China (1933), respectively, at the Turin Expo in Italy the Panama world expo, Xiang embroidery won the best prize the first prize respectively, was hailed as super embroidery by foreign countries. The characteristic of Xiang embroidery is to embroider with velvet thread (no twisting thread). In fact, it is to treat the velvet thread in solution to prevent raising. This kind of embroidery is locally called "wool fine embroidery". Xiang embroidery also takes traditional Chinese painting as its theme, with vivid realistic form bold style. It once had the reputation of "embroidering peanut fragrance, embroidering bird can listen to the sound, embroidering tiger can run, embroidering human can convey the spirit". The color matching features of Hunan embroidery's humanistic paintings are mainly dark light gray black white, simple elegant as ink painting; the daily necessities of Hunan embroidery have bright colors strong decorative patterns.

Guangdong embroidery

The general term of embroidery art in Guangdong includes two schools: Guangzhou embroidery with Guangzhou as the center Chaozhou embroidery with Chaozhou as the representative. It is said that it was originally created by ethnic minorities originated the same source as brocade made by Li nationality. Previously, most of the embroiderers were men Guangzhou Chaozhou, which were rare in the world. Guangdong embroidery began in Tang Dynasty, formed its own characteristics in the middle late Ming Dynasty. It was exported Guangzhou port in Qing Dynasty became famous abroad. Exquisite craftsmanship, strong decorative composition, rich bright colors, smooth bright embroidered velvet, clear free velvet strips. "Duyang zapian", written by Su E in Tang Dynasty, describes Guangxiu as follows: "in the first year of Yongzhen, the maiden of Gongqi in the South China Sea, in the fourteenth year of Yongzhen, she is extremely skillful. She can embroider seven volumes of fahua Sutra on a foot of silk. The size of the characters is more than millet, but the dots are clearly drawn. It is as thin as a hair. There is no trace of its title sentence. It's better to be a flying fairy. It's divided into three parts with one hook of silk dyed into five colors... ".