1. Su embroidery
Suzhou lies to the south of the Yangtze River. The birthplace of Suzhou embroidery is Wuxian, Suzhou, which is close to Taihu Lake. The climate here is mild and rich in silk. So there is a traditional habit that women are good at embroidery. Superior geographical environment, rich brocade and colorful flower lines have created favorable conditions for the development of Suzhou embroidery. In the long historical development process, Suzhou embroidery has formed a local style with beautiful patterns, harmonious colors, bright lines, lively stitches and fine embroidery, and is known as the "Oriental Pearl".
2. Cantonese embroidery
Guangdong embroidery not only uses a variety of stitches, but also pays attention to ideas in creative design, and is good at integrating auspicious and beautiful wishes into embroidery. In terms of creative methods, we adopted the depiction that originated from life and attached importance to tradition, and pursued a better ideal instead of being satisfied with reality. At the same time, he is good at learning from the advantages of painting, folk paper-cutting, etc., so that the embroidery composition is full, complicated but not chaotic, the needle steps are even, bright and flat, the texture is clear and distinct, and both objects and images are vivid, which fully embodies the local style and artistic characteristics of Guangdong embroidery.
3. Shu embroidery
Shu embroidery, also known as "Sichuan embroidery", is the general name of Sichuan embroidery products centered on Chengdu. Shu embroidery has a long history. According to the records of Huayang Guozhi, a long canal in Jin Dynasty, embroidery in Shu was very famous at that time, and Shu embroidery and Shu brocade were regarded as famous products in Shu. There are relatively few pure ornamental objects in Shu embroidery, most of which are daily necessities, and most of them are materials such as flowers, birds, insects and fish, folk auspicious words and traditional decorative patterns, which are quite festive. They are embroidered on quilts, pillowcases, clothes, shoes and painted screens. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, Shu embroidery absorbed the advantages of Gu embroidery and Su embroidery on the basis of local traditional embroidery techniques, and became one of the important commercial embroideries in China. Shu embroidery stitch is neat and even, the silk road is clear, there is no ghostwriting, the edge of the pattern is too neat as a knife, and the color is bright and beautiful.
4. Xiang embroidery
Xiang embroidery is the general name of embroidery products centered on Changsha, Hunan. Xiang embroidery won the best prize and the first prize at 19 12 and 1933 World Expo in Turin and Panama respectively, and was praised as super embroidery abroad. It turned out that in order to satisfy a group of nouveau riche who made a fortune by suppressing Taiping rebels, merchants in Changsha opened "Gu Embroidery Village", which soon overwhelmed Gu Embroidery in the name of Xiang Embroidery. Xiang embroidery is characterized by embroidery with wool (untwisted wool). In fact, the velvet thread is treated with solution to prevent pilling. This kind of embroidery is called "fine wool embroidery" locally. Xiang embroidery is also dominated by traditional Chinese painting, with vivid form and bold style. There used to be a reputation that "embroidered birds can smell, embroidered tigers can run and embroidered people can express their feelings". The color matching characteristics of Hunan embroidery humanistic painting are mainly dark gray, black and white, as elegant as ink painting; The daily necessities of Xiang embroidery are brightly colored and decorative.