What is the history of embroidery technology?

From the mid-Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States Period, the silk industry of Chu was enough to represent the highest level of silk technology in China.

According to legend, 4000 years ago, Shun ordered Yu to embroider clothes. There were embroidery workshops in Shang and Zhou dynasties 3000 years ago, and folk embroidery was also very developed. After thousands of years of development, it achieved unprecedented development in the Warring States period. Among all the embroideries in China, Chu embroidery is the most famous, which not only produces the most, but also has the best quality. Embroidery patterns are extremely exquisite, and the patterns are regular, magical and romantic in complexity.

From a purely technical point of view, chu xiu, a cultural treasure of Jingchu, represents the superb level of silk weaving and embroidery technology in China in the pre-Qin period. Despite the demise of the Qin Dynasty, this technology is still emerging one after another. Its physical evidence also includes silk unearthed from Han tombs, such as Fenghuang Mountain in Jiangling and Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha.

The dragon-phoenix-tiger-patterned Luo shirt unearthed from the Chu tomb in Jiangling is 65438 0.92 meters long and the sleeve length is 2.74 meters. Through textual research, it is concluded that the owner of this dragon, phoenix and tiger striped sweater is about 1.6 meters tall, female, and her death age is between 40 and 45 years old.

This design consists of two symmetrical pattern units, the diamond flower is about 0.38 meters long, and the four sides of Yi Long Yifeng are embroidered with brown gold silk thread; The central embroidery is opposite to Shuanglong, with its back to Shuanghu Lake, and the tiger's body is red and black striped. The whole design shows the vivid scene of the dragon leaping and the colorful tiger leaping, giving people a gorgeous and magical feeling.

Among them, flowers and vines not only play a decorative role, but also have the role of image bones. This combination of images was a popular pattern in the Warring States period. In this model, the head of dragon and phoenix is realistic, the body part is integrated with flowers and plants, the dragon and tiger are opposite, the dragon walks, and the limbs are in a chest curve; The tiger is surrounded by red and black stripes, with a thin waist and a thin tail, and has a strong figure; Phoenix is graceful, and a picture of "Feng Ming, Xiao Long and Hu Yin" is vivid.

Silk patterns clearly outline the context of history and culture, and the visual impact is better than all eloquence, which provides a valuable material basis for the study of Chu studies.

Artists in Jingzhou and Hubei, as well as artists in China and the world, all regard Chu and Bo patterns as a treasure house of creative materials and inspiration, from which art gains new life.

While we feel the rich material civilization created by Chu people, we also experience the elegant aesthetic taste and unrestrained enthusiasm shown by Chu people in real life, and face the phoenix nirvana of Chu people's wildness and freedom.

Picking flowers is an ancient traditional embroidery technique in China, which is widely distributed. Among them, Huangmei in Hubei Province is the earliest, most representative and influential flower picking, which occupies a leading position in the development history of flower picking technology in China. Therefore, "Huangmei picking flowers" is also the representative and general name of each flower picking.

Huangmei embroidery, also known as "cross stitch" and "cross stitch", originated in the Tang and Song Dynasties and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The main raw material of Huangmei embroidery is local self-made cloth, which is dyed cyan as the bottom, and artists alternately embroider various patterns on it with one stitch and one thread.

Huangmei embroidery is embroidered with colored threads, and colored silk threads are selected on the grid where the warp and weft of the base fabric intersect with the needles to form a colorful and three-dimensional pattern. There are many kinds of flowers in Huangmei, including filling flowers, edge flowers and horn flowers. In particular, the characters in China's traditional operas are rich and colorful, such as "Shiro visiting his mother", "Yuanmen beheading", "Mu in command", "Liang Zhu marriage" and "Taoyuan friendship".

/kloc-In the 4th century, Huangmei flowers were introduced to Europe through Turkey, which coincided with the European Renaissance. Huang Meihua picking is very popular in European courts because of its simple stitch and strong expressive force. The continuous blending of Chinese and western cultures has further promoted the stitch, pattern and color of Huangmei flower picking in Europe.

Huangmei embroidery is a very precious and unique embroidery process, which has strong decorative and ornamental value. For a long time, this precious craft has been perfected by oral teaching and in-depth research from generation to generation of peasant women, and its distinctive colors and exquisite pattern ideas highlight its unique artistic expression.