What embroidery is aquatic carp?

The picture of aquatic plants and carp is the representative work of Shu embroidery.

Shu embroidery is a specialty of Chengdu, Sichuan, and a symbolic product of China's national geography. ?

Shu embroidery, also known as "Sichuan embroidery", is as famous as Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery and Guangdong embroidery, and is one of the four famous embroideries in China. This is a traditional China craft, in which patterns are embroidered on silk or other fabrics with silk thread. As one of the oldest embroideries in China, Shu Embroidery has formed its own unique charm with its bright and delicate colors and exquisite stitches, and its richness ranks first among the four famous embroideries.

Shu embroidery has a long history and has been called "the treasure of Shu" with Shu brocade since the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Shu embroidery takes soft satin and colored silk as the main raw materials, and the stitches include 12 and 122. It has the characteristics of rigorous needling, uniform needling, rich varieties, vivid image and strong three-dimensional sense.

Theme of the work:

The themes of Shu embroidery are mostly flowers and birds, animals, landscapes, insects and fish, and people. Except for Su Dongpo's strange stones, Zheng Banqiao's bamboo stones, Chen Laolian's figures and other ancient famous paintings, they are all pastels, and the famous painters at that time were invited to design embroidery drafts, which were processed and recreated by embroidery craftsmen.

Popular patterns of embroidery include scenery, flowers and birds, Bo Gu, dragons and phoenixes, wawen and ancient coins, as well as folk stories, such as crossing the sea by the Eight Immortals, Ma Gu's birthday, playing the flute to attract the phoenix, and sending the son by Kirin. There are also magpies playing plum blossoms, mandarin ducks playing in water, all shall be well that ends well, and phoenix wearing peony. And patterns with local characteristics, such as hibiscus carp, bamboo chicken, landscape panda, flowers and birds, etc.