What kind of folk embroidery is popular in Guangzhou and other places?

The popular folk embroidery in Guangzhou and other places is Cantonese embroidery.

Guangdong embroidery is a kind of Guangdong embroidery, which refers to embroidery in Guangzhou, Foshan, Nanhai, Panyu, Shunde, Dongguan, Baoan, Xiangshan, Taishan and other places, that is, the general name of folk embroidery skills in the Pearl River Delta region centered on Guangzhou.

There are more than 30 kinds of stitches in Cantonese embroidery, including straight twist stitch, binding stitch and continuous stitch.

Guangdong embroidery is famous for its rich composition, vivid image, clear texture, rich colors, diverse stitches and changeable artistic characteristics. Including embroidered calligraphy and painting, embroidered clothing, bead embroidery and so on. ?

Correlation classification

According to the use, it can be divided into two categories: one is what people need for spiritual life and artistic decoration appreciation, and the other is what people need for material life.

It can be roughly divided into two categories: one is gold embroidery and the other is velvet embroidery. Panjin embroidery is mainly made of gold thread, supplemented by colored embroidery, which is resplendent, dazzling and elegant. Cashmere embroidery is slender and colorful, and the flowers and birds embroidered are particularly beautiful.

According to their colors, they are mainly divided into two categories: "Cai Wei" takes fuller colors as the main tone; "Light color" is mainly composed of three colors. The color depends on the embroidery variety. For example, "Cai Wei" is used for embroidery wedding accounts, and "light color" is used for embroidery stationery.

Guangzhou embroidery is famous for its symmetrical composition, bright colors and strong decoration. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, many foreign businessmen came to Guangzhou in the name of Mu Guangxiu to order a large number of Cantonese embroidery, and some businessmen brought portraits of foreign kings, statues of Jesus or some pictures for sample processing and ordering.