Brief introduction of Shu embroidery:

It is a popular folk craft in Bashu area, divided into two schools: western Sichuan and eastern Sichuan (now Chongqing), and it is 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, dating back to Sanxingdui civilization. Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it has been called "the treasure of Shu" with Shu brocade. 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.

Process characteristics:

The number of stitches in Shu embroidery ranks first among the four famous embroideries. Shu embroidery has become one of the four famous embroideries in China with its exquisite craftsmanship and fine lines. In its long development history, it has gradually formed the characteristics of rigorous needling, bright needling, uniform needling and bright colors. Shu embroidery is embroidered on local silks and satins with various loose threads (relatively loose silk threads) or silk threads (relatively tight silk threads) practiced and dyed in Chengdu.

Because of the fine selection of materials, solid and reliable finished products and low price, it has been sold in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and other provinces for a long time and is quite popular. According to statistics, there are 12 stitches and 130 stitches in Shu embroidery, which are the most abundant among the four famous embroideries, and more than 70 kinds of brocade are unique to Shu embroidery.

Commonly used needling methods include dizzy needling, laying needling, needle roller, cutting needling, mixed needling, sand needling and covering needling. And pay attention to "neat stitch, bright thread, tight and soft, screw the car home." All kinds of needling methods are used alternately, varied, thick or thin, or a combination of virtual and real, showing the distance between yin and yang.

These traditional skills are not only good at embroidering delicate meticulous paintings such as flowers, birds, insects and fish, but also good at expressing magnificent landscapes and portraying vivid characters. After liberation, Shu embroidery has made some innovations in stitches, such as "cross stitch" to show the texture of animals' fur, "spiral stitch" to show people's bun, and "covering the needle with reality" to show carp scales, which greatly enriched the expression form and artistic style of Shu embroidery.

Shu embroidery is flexible and adaptable. Generally, silk, satin, silk, yarn and crepe are used as embroidery fabrics. According to the needs of embroidery, the production procedures, color matching and thread use are different. Shu embroidery often uses dizzy needles to express the texture of embroidered objects, reflecting the light, color and shape of embroidered objects, and the embroidery is vivid.