Brief introduction of Diancui

Cui, that is, the feather of kingfisher. Diancui is the perfect combination of traditional metal craft and feather craft of Han nationality in China. First, the bases with different patterns are made of gold or gold-plated metal, and then the bright blue feathers on the kingfisher's back are carefully inlaid on the bases to make various jewelry objects.

Regarding the acquisition of jadeite feathers, there is a detailed description in the hair accessories section of Zhu. "Cut the feathers on the neck of a live kingfisher with small scissors, and gently arrange the feathers on the sticky base of the picture with tweezers. Kingfisher feathers are made of emerald blue and snow blue, which are brightly colored and never fade. "

Another network saying is that jade feathers must be pulled from live kingfishers to ensure bright colors (there is no research yet).

According to the different parts and crafts, Cui Yu can present different colors such as banana moon, lake color and deep blue, and the natural texture and magical light of bird feathers make the whole work rich, diverse and lively. Later, due to the cruelty of bird protection and production technology, it was replaced by blue burning technology in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.

Diancui technology is divided into soft emeralds and hard emeralds, which are divided according to the kingfisher feathers used in Diancui technology.

1. dark green

The kingfisher used to order cuisines has relatively large feathers, called jadeite, with ten left and right wings (called "big strips" in jargon) and eight tails (called "tail strips" in jargon), so a kingfisher usually only uses about 28 feathers. 2. Soft vegetables Soft vegetables are a kind of point-green ornaments made of relatively small feathers of kingfishers, called soft cuisines.