Embroidery imitates the pattern of brocade and the texture of yarn.

Embroidery imitates the pattern of brocade and the texture of yarn, which is called brocade.

Introduction to embroidery:

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.

There are various embroidery techniques, such as wrong needle embroidery, disorderly needle embroidery, net embroidery, ground embroidery, silk locking, spinning, silk weaving, 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.

Everyone has their own style, which has been passed down to this day and lasts forever. There are dozens of embroidery stitches, such as Qi Zhen, sleeve needle, inserting needle, long and short needle, minute needle, Ping Jin, and shifting sand, which are rich in colors and have their own characteristics.

Embroidery can be divided into silk embroidery, feather embroidery and hair embroidery according to materials. The uses of embroidery include: shroud, song and dance or opera clothes, tablecloths, pillowcases, cushions and other daily necessities, screens, wall hangings and other furnishings. Gu embroidery is the most famous embroidery in Ming Dynasty.

Embroidery has been handed down from generation to generation in Weinan and spread all over the city. There are hundreds of different colors. There are mainly pillows, children's hats, Chinese-style chest covers, door curtains, insoles, bedspreads, sewing kits, wallets, animal toys and so on.

Its contents are mostly pictures of flowers, birds, insects, fish, customs and customs. Tongguan women embroidered peony and elegant lotus flowers at both ends of the stirrup, which was exquisite and attractive. They are called "a unique skill of Dongfu embroidery". With the changes of the times, the content of rural products has also been updated. At the same time, some traditional embroidery has also entered the foreign trade market.

Hundred Birds Skirt, Princess Anle of Tang Zhongzong owns two hundred birds skirts, both of which are peerless treasures. This is a dress made of natural feathers. Feather embroidery can not only embroider landscape flowers and birds, but also embroider various daily necessities pillows, feather embroidered carpets and feather embroidered clothes.