Wenzhou folk crafts development history (detailed)

Wenzhou traditional handicrafts ou embroidery history: ou embroidery began more than a thousand years ago in the Tang dynasty brocade, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Qing Xianfeng three years (1853), wenzhou has a professional embroidery store. Mostly embroidered official robe, dragon robe, birthday screen and temple application of embroidery, the content of figures, birds and flowers, landscapes and so on. Later, more varieties, pillowcase, quilt tops, clothing and so on. During the Guangxu period, the embroidery was sold to Europe, America and Southeast Asia, and a large number of embroideries were exported in 1917, and there were more than five hundred artists at the peak. The Republic of 5 years (1916) wenzhou set up embroidery bureau, wenzhou city fujian street, five horse street, hit the gong bridge and other places, are equipped with embroidery society. The embroidery works of early craftsmen Cai Moxiao and Jin Jingzhi were exhibited in Panama, Canada and the U.S.A. In 1922, Wenzhou embroidery artist Lin Senyou improved the production of ou embroidery, and since then ou embroidery became a work of art for appreciation. After the founding of the country, the urban area set up Wenzhou embroidery society, wide range of talents, expand production, with a certain scale. Ou embroidery has exquisite composition, strict stitch, rich in local characteristics. 1957, the famous painter Mr. Su Misuo began to design for ou embroidery, figure embroidery. 1960, wenzhou undertook the national gift task, specializing in the production of high-quality goods, ou embroidery became a high-level works of art. During the Chinese cultural revolution, ou embroidery began to decline

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