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What does it mean that an embroidery is a pair of deer?

Deer: It is homophonic with Lu, a native of Tonglu. It symbolizes good luck, longevity and promotion. Legend has it that Millennium is a pale deer, and 2000 is a mysterious deer. So deer is a fairy beast and has a long life. The appearance of deer is also a symbol of the country's prosperity.

Antlers are like dragons, deer are like horses. In myths and legends, deer is also a fairy mount, representing good luck.

Embroidery is a general term for all kinds of decorative patterns embroidered on fabrics with needles and threads. There are two kinds of embroidery: silk embroidery and feather embroidery. It is a decorative fabric with embroidery marks by puncturing silk thread or other fibers and yarns on embroidery materials with certain patterns and colors with needles. This is an art of adding people's design and production to any existing fabric with needles and threads.

Embroidery is one of the traditional folk handicrafts in China, which has a history of at least two or three thousand years in China. Chinese embroidery mainly includes Su embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Shu embroidery and Yue embroidery. Embroidery techniques include: wrong needle embroidery, disorderly needle embroidery, net embroidery, ground embroidery, silk locking, silk knitting, silk knitting, Ping Jin, shadow gold, sheet metal, velvet laying, velvet scraping, yarn poking, thread sprinkling and flower picking. The uses of embroidery mainly include life and artistic decoration, such as clothing, bedding, tablecloth, stage and artwork decoration.