1, Huaxi Miao people pick flowers, in addition to the basic cross-stitch stitch, there are other stitches. This kind is called small tofu pudding. The patterns picked out by the small bean flower needle method are generally used on the sleeves of clothing. In the flower picking of the Miao nationality in Huaxi, there is also a stitch called cat claw flower. The patterns picked out by cat claw needles are generally used in the corners of clothes.

2. Flower-picking skills of the Miao people in Huaxi have been passed down to this day, and they have different artistic styles in different periods. In the early days, the bottom of flower picking was self-woven cyan linen, which was elegant in color and decorated with small areas of color. The pattern was very geometric and stylized. At present, the bottom of flower picking is diversified in color and texture, adding more colors such as red, blue, yellow, white and black.

3. In addition to the silk thread, cross silk and wool are added to the colored thread of flower picking, which makes the composition more free and the patterns more diversified. In the old village of Ma Lu, the level of flower picking is a measure of a woman's intelligence. It is difficult for a woman who can't pick flowers to find her husband's family. Therefore, since the age of seven or eight, Miaochuan girls have been learning from their elders and picking flowers.

Life in Huaxi District is as follows:

1. Huaxi District is located in the middle of Guizhou Plateau and the middle of Miao Ling Mountains. The whole territory is dominated by hills, with no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer, which provides favorable conditions for the growth of Huaxi Miao raw hemp. Hemp is extracted from artificially planted hemp, spun into yarn, and then woven into cloth on the loom. Hemp goes through dozens of manual processes and is processed into cloth by hardworking Miao women.

2. Dyed cloth made of blue grass is a common clothing fabric for local Miao people after drying. The Miao people in Huaxi take the cross as the basic stitch, count yarns and embroider, without manuscripts, and the pattern is in their hearts. First pick out the outer outline of the pattern, then gradually add the inner pattern, and finally fill in the details until it is completed. In order not to stain the pattern, a special technique of picking the opposite side and looking at the front side was adopted.