China Four Famous Embroideries

The four famous embroideries refer to Su embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Yue embroidery and Shu embroidery in Chinese embroidery.

1. Guang embroidery is a folk embroidery process, which is popular in Guangzhou and its ancient territories, such as Nanhai, Panyu and Shunde. It is famous at home and abroad for its rich composition, vivid image, clear texture, rich colors, diverse stitches and rich changes. Guang embroidery is the first embroidery in China that spread to Europe, America and overseas, and is praised by western scholars as "a gift from China to the West".

2. Suzhou embroidery is a kind of needle embroidery technology which is centered in Suzhou and spread in many areas of Jiangsu. Suzhou embroidery artists use needles instead of pens and threads instead of colors. Their works have exquisite patterns, meticulous embroidery, lively stitches, elegant colors and elegant calligraphy and painting. They have been praised by scholars of past dynasties as works of art that are "shrinking thousands of miles to rulers and full of embroidery interest".

3. Shu embroidery, also known as "Sichuan embroidery", is a kind of folk embroidery technology mainly spread in Bashu area, and its stitch characteristics can be summarized as "neat stitch, bright thread, tight and soft, and twisted to the home".

4. Xiang embroidery is the general name of Xiang embroidery technology with Changsha as the center and distinctive Hunan-Chu cultural characteristics. It has the reputation of "embroidery gives birth to smell, embroidered birds can smell, embroidered tigers can run, and embroidered people can convey the spirit".