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What are the benefits of embroidery?

Embroidery can cultivate sentiment and make people more meticulous.

The technological requirements of embroidery are: smoothness, uniformity, flatness, neatness and cleanliness. Smoothness refers to straight lines and smooth curves; Qi is a neat pointer without jagged edges; Flat means that the posture is accurate, the embroidery surface is flat, and the silk thread is not skewed; Even the pointer distance is consistent, without showing the bottom and overlapping; Clean means that the embroidered surface is smooth and free from ink and other stains.

Embroidery requires extremely high skills, which helps people to be more meticulous.

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Embroidery, known as needle embroidery in ancient times, is a process that designs are embroidered on textiles with embroidery needles to draw colorful lines, and the patterns are formed by embroidery marks. It was called "haze" and "needle haze" in ancient times. Because embroidery is mostly made by women, it is an important part of needlework. Embroidery is one of the ancient handcraft skills in China, and the handcraft embroidery technology in China has a history of more than 2,000 years.

According to the Book of History, as early as 4,000 years ago, the system of chapter clothes stipulated that "clothes should be embroidered". In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a record of "embroidery * * *". The level of embroidery in the Warring States and Han Dynasties unearthed in Hubei and Hunan is very high. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, embroidery was used for painting, calligraphy and decoration.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the scale of court embroidery was large, and folk embroidery was further developed. Suzhou Embroidery, Guangdong Embroidery, Dragon Embroidery, Xiang Embroidery and Shu Embroidery have been produced successively, which are called "five famous embroideries".

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