Brief introduction of Miao embroidery

Miao embroidery represents the highest level of national embroidery in China.

Miao embroidery has a very common pattern of people riding dragons or water, which embodies the heroic spirit and life interest of Miao people. All kinds of dragon riding, dragon training and double dragon patterns in Miao folk art reproduce people's fear of dragons.

Embroidery is a long-standing handicraft art of Miao nationality, the main decorative means of Miao costumes and the representative of Miao female culture. Guizhou Province in the southwest of China is inhabited by a large number of Miao compatriots, who have created different styles and styles of clothes. Their clothes can be divided into casual clothes and formal clothes. They wear casual clothes on weekdays, and girls wear formal clothes when they get married, regardless of clothing or headdress. Complex technology and fine workmanship. Although Miao Xiu's theme selection is rich, it is relatively fixed, including dragons, birds, fish, bronze drums, flowers, butterflies, and pictures reflecting Miao history. Miao embroidery is very beautiful, with 12 techniques, namely Ping Xiu embroidery, pile embroidery, lock embroidery, cloth embroidery, seed embroidery, thread-breaking embroidery, crepe embroidery, braid embroidery, ponytail embroidery, tin embroidery and silk embroidery. These techniques are divided into several stitches. For example, lock embroidery has double-needle lock and single-needle lock, and broken thread embroidery has broken thick thread and broken thin thread.

Miao Xiu waist, with white as the background, embroidered with butterflies and centipedes, is flying and gorgeous. Embroidery is dominated by centipede dragons, with butterflies and small centipede dragons on the lower three floors, which is a traditional typical pattern of Miao embroidery.

Another feature of Miao Xiu is that it can realize multi-dimensional visual space by using colors and matching patterns. Embroidery, also known as yarn embroidery, is a unique skill of Miao nationality. Without pre-proofing, embroidery is carried out by using the warp and weft of the fabric to form various geometric patterns. Flower picking is to form multi-angle patterns with the help of color collocation and irregular geometric patterns, so as to achieve the visual effect of unity of three-dimensional and plane.

Miao embroidery has the function of inheriting history and culture, which is mainly manifested in embroidery patterns. Almost every embroidery pattern has its origin or legend, which contains national culture, is an expression of national feelings, and is a display of Miao history and life. Butterflies, dragons, birds, fish, polka-dot flowers and duckweed flowers are all sung in Miao ancient songs, with bright colors, clear composition and simplicity.