Embroidery imitates the patterns of cotton and yarn.

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

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. Embroidery techniques include: wrong needle embroidery, disorderly needle embroidery, net embroidery, ground embroidery, silk locking, silk picking, brocade picking, 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.

Process requirements:

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.

Development of past dynasties:

Chinese embroidery originated very early. According to legend, "Shun Yu Ling embroidery" developed in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties and Qin and Han Dynasties. Embroidery can often be seen in early unearthed textiles. Early embroidery relics show that the Zhou dynasty was still simple and rough; During the Warring States period, the works became more and more exquisite. Embroidery in this period used braid embroidery, also called braid embroidery and lock embroidery.

Embroideries unearthed from Chu Tomb of Warring States Period in Mashan No.1 Silicon Factory, Jiangling County, Hubei Province include Duifeng, Duilong, Feng Fei, Longfeng and Tiger. They are all embroidered with braided strands and are not colored, which shows that the embroidery technology at this time has developed to a quite mature stage.

In the Han dynasty, embroidery began to show the beauty of art. Due to economic prosperity, all walks of life were prosperous, especially silk weaving. When the rich people in society rise and form a new consumer class, the supply and demand of embroidery arises at the historic moment. Not only has it become a widely used costume among the people, but hand embroidery production is also moving towards specialization, especially its skills are advancing by leaps and bounds.