What are the characteristics of Beijing embroidery?

Beijing embroidery is a kind of embroidery produced in Beijing, and its main feature is sewing embroidery. The themes are mostly flowers, fruits, insects, opera figures and so on. It's real and vivid. Generally based on meticulous painting, embroidery thread is untwisted velvet. The main stitches are winding, sewing and laying. According to the yin and yang sides of the object, by changing the color block, other stitches are embroidered on the embroidered color block to show the layering and three-dimensional sense of the object.

Beijing embroidery has three outstanding characteristics: first, its position is unique. Some patterns are not allowed to be used in other embroidery types, such as the twelve chapters on the dragon robe and the golden dragon with five claws, which can only be used by the emperor. Second, the design theme is wide: landscape flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, birds and beasts, auspicious eight treasures, etc. And pay attention to auspicious meaning in application, and there are interesting mouthfuls everywhere. The so-called "the picture must be intentional, the pattern must be auspicious" Third, the palace art style is strong, the decoration is gorgeous, and the materials are precious. Due to the aesthetic standards and norms of court art, Beijing embroidery fully embodies the royal style and dignity of full composition, dignified and steady modeling, elegant colors and elegance. There is no tendency to be ingenious and kitsch in the modeling of all image objects, which is essentially different from the style of literati interest, merchant gaudiness and local childlike beauty embodied in Han folk embroidery.

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