What does Suzhou embroidery mean by nine carp and twelve fish?

Nine is long, and fish is surplus. It's jiuyu. Twelve represents 12 months, representing more than one month.

Suzhou embroidery is the general name of Suzhou embroidery, and Suzhou Zhenhu embroidery is the most famous. Suzhou embroidery, that is, Suzhou embroidery, originated in Wuxian County, Suzhou, and has spread all over Wuxi, Changzhou, Yangzhou, Suqian, Dongtai and other places in Jiangsu Province.

Jiangsu, the birthplace of Suzhou embroidery, has fertile land, mild climate, developed sericulture and rich silk, and has been a splendid place since ancient times. Superior geographical environment, rich brocade and colorful flower lines have created favorable conditions for the development of Suzhou embroidery.

Now China Suzhou embroidery technology has reached a high level, and embroidery has won many awards at home and abroad. There are all kinds of embroidery: according to the varieties, there are Shuang Mianxiu and single-sided embroidery;

According to the volume modeling, there are desk screens, wall screens, floor screens and large combination screens; According to the performance content, there are figures, pets, flowers and birds, scenery, still life, characteristic buildings and so on.

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Brief introduction of Suzhou embroidery;

Su embroidery is short for Su embroidery. With the long-term influence of Suzhou embroidery culture and the wide spread of exquisite skills, China's manual embroidery industry has developed rapidly, forming the current pattern of "Guangdong embroidery", "Xiang embroidery" and "Shu embroidery".

Suzhou embroidery originated in Wuxian County, Suzhou. Suzhou women are gentle and well-behaved, and they are good at slow and meticulous work. There are more than 65438+ million embroidered mothers in Suzhou. Every family has embroidery, and every family has an embroidered mother.

Suzhou embroidery technology is to use embroidery needles to draw outstanding lines, embroider needle points on silk, cotton and other fabrics according to pre-designed patterns and colors, and form patterns, patterns and characters through embroidery marks to achieve artistic effects. Suzhou embroidery has the characteristics of exquisite patterns, elegant colors, rich stitches and fine embroidery.