Embroidery is a quiet labor of sitting and operating for a long time, and it is also an artistic labor. Usually an ordinary 30cm embroidery takes half a month to finish. So the requirements for embroidery workers are also very strict. Embroiderers should not only have considerable artistic accomplishment, but also know some basic painting principles. At the same time, they should also have a patient and meticulous work attitude and perseverance and the spirit of hard study.

Suzhou embroidery

Suzhou embroidery is one of the outstanding national traditional crafts of the Han nationality and the general name of Suzhou embroidery products. Originated in Wuxian, Suzhou, it has spread all over Wuxi, Changzhou and other places. Embroidery is inseparable from sericulture and silk reeling, so embroidery is also called silk embroidery. In Qing Dynasty, Su embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Yue embroidery and Shu embroidery were established as the four famous embroideries in China. The Qing Dynasty was the heyday of Suzhou embroidery, which was characterized by various schools and famous artists. Suzhou embroidery has a unique style, beautiful patterns, ingenious ideas, meticulous embroidery, lively stitches, elegant colors and strong local characteristics.

Sichuan embroidery

Shu embroidery is a traditional craft in China, concentrated in Chengdu, Sichuan, and produced in Chengdu, Mianyang and other places in Sichuan. It was called the treasure of Shu in Jin Dynasty. Shu embroidery takes soft satin and colored silk as the main raw materials, and the stitch methods include 12 * *122: using dizzy needles, laying needles, needle rollers, cutting needles, mixed needles, covering needles, cutting needles, pulling needles, sand needles, Shantou needles, etc. And pay attention to "neat stitches, bright threads, tight and soft, screw the car home." Give full play to the specialty of hand embroidery and form a strong local style. The themes of Shu embroidery are mostly flowers and birds, animals, mountains and rivers, insects and fish, and people. In addition to purely ornamental embroidery screens, there are quilts, pillowcases, clothes, shoes, cushions, tablecloths, headscarves, handkerchiefs, painted screens and so on. There are huge screens and small pockets, which are exquisite works of art with both ornamental and practical functions.

Hunan embroidery

Xiang embroidery, as one of the outstanding national traditional crafts of the Han nationality, is the general name of Xiang embroidery products with distinctive cultural characteristics of Hunan and Chu, with Changsha as the center. In the long history of human civilization, it is a folk craft with the characteristics of Xiangchu culture, which was carefully created by the industrious and intelligent working people of Han nationality in Hunan. In the past half century, archaeologists have discovered many silks and textiles such as flax, brocade and silk in Hunan and Hubei, many of which are embroidery. The excavation of a batch of dazzling ancient embroidery buried in Hunan and the original Chu area is of self-evident significance for the world to further understand the origin and evolution of Xiang embroidery and its embroidery tradition.

Yuexiu

Guangdong Embroidery, also known as Guangdong Embroidery, is a folk embroidery technique spread in Guangzhou and its ancient territories such as Nanhai, Panyu and Shunde, especially the "Guangdong Embroidery" in guangzhou fu (Panyu, Nanhai, Xiangshan, Dongguan and Siyi Baoan). ) Guangdong embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China, and it is as famous as Su embroidery, Xiang embroidery and Shu embroidery. Previously, embroidery workers were mostly men from Guangzhou and Chaozhou, which was rare in the world. It formed its own characteristics in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Its characteristics are as follows: First, all kinds of threads are used, besides silk thread and wool, peacock feathers are also twisted into threads, or ponytails are wrapped around wool as threads. Second, bright colors, strong contrast, emphasizing gorgeous effects. The third is to use gold thread as the outline of embroidery pattern. Fourth, the ornamentation is full and lively. Fifth, embroidery workers are mostly male workers. There are many kinds of embroidery, such as quilt cover, pillowcase, bed lintel, shawl, headscarf, embroidered clothes, shoes and hats, costumes, mirror screens, hanging curtains, banners and so on.