Brief
Introduction
Four Chinese Embroidery Styles
Brief Introduction:
The beautiful embroidery pictures are usually embroidered by experienced
girls and women. They start to learn from their mothers or mentors
since they are very young.
They can embroider almost all the pictures available. When you just
see it, you may think it is painted. It's incredible for them to
creat such lively image with just needles and threads.
The works now
are ofter put into frams as home,hotel or office decoration.
It gives you
beautiful imagination when you have a little time to relax.
To own a few
piceces of handmade embroidery in your home will give you more pleasure
and enjoyness.
Four Chinese
Embroidery Style:
Chinese silk
embroidery is well known all over the world. There are four main
styles:
Su embroidery
Xiang embroidery
Yue embroidery
Shu embroidery
Su
embroidery
The origin
for Su embroidery is in Jiangsu Province.It's the most famous style
among all. It appeared more than 2000 years ago. It was produced
on a large scale during Song Dynasty(960--1279A.D.)
Up to now,
Su embroidery technique has reached a new level based on so many
years background and development.
Su embroidery is well known for its delicacy and elegance. The design
is very simple, high lighting a main theme with rich background
as well. Its stitching is smooth, dense, thin, neat, even, delicate
and harmonious.
The thin thread
is divided into up to 48 stands that are barely visible to naked
eyes.
Su embroidery
also includes double-sided style which need more experienced and
high embroidery techniques to make. It looks the same on each side.
An incredible art.
Su embroidery
has become increasingly famous throughout the world since its success
at the Panama World Fair in 1915.
Xiang
embroidery
Xiang means
Hunan Province.
Xiang embroidery
began since Chu kingdom of the Warring States(221B.C. ago). Later
it was developed from Hunan folk art embroidery methods and take
some techniques from Su embroidery and Yue embroidery.
It uses loose
colorful threads to embroider different designs. The stitches are
not as neat as those of other embroidery styles. The various colored
threads are mixed together, showing a gradual change in color with
a rich and harmonious tone.
The themes
are mostly derived from traditional Chinese paintings of landscape,
human figures, flowers, birds and animals. Lions and tigers are
most common subjects on Xiang embroidery.
Yue
embroidery
Yue embroidery means Canton embroidery. It includes Guang and Chao
branches which have different stitching styles.
The designs
of Yue embroidery are rich and complicated in content with bright
colors and strong decorative effects. It is smooth and even.
Shu
embroidery
Shu means Sichuan
Province. The center for Shu embroidery is Chengdu, the capital
city of Sichuan Province. They are made with soft satins and colored
threads.
The subjects
on Shu embroidery are often flowers, birds, landscapes, fish, worms
and human figures. They may appear on the following products:
pillow covers cushions table cloths and handkerchief
Besides the
above mentioned, there are still some other embroidery styles which
have their own Characteristics
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