Where can I learn Cantonese embroidery from my teacher in Guangzhou?

Chen Shaofang, a master of Cantonese embroidery, started a class to teach students, hoping to find a successor.

Reporter Zhou Lerui, correspondent and Peng reported: "As long as citizens are interested, they can come to learn Cantonese embroidery!" Yesterday, Chen Shaofang, a master of Guangdong embroidery, officially became an apprentice, and recruited five children aged from five and a half to 12 as her apprentices. She welcomes more citizens to experience the charm of Cantonese embroidery, and hopes that Cantonese embroidery can be popularized among ordinary citizens.

Yesterday morning, Chen Shaofang's studio in Yuehe Flower, Bird and Fish Art World in Liwan District was very lively. After the 70-year-old Chen Shaofang officially accepted five young apprentices, he gave them the first "Guangxiu Class". The old man taught him by hand, and the young disciples threaded the needle, which made Chen Shaofang very happy.

"Guangdong embroidery is easy to learn but difficult to master." Chen Shaofang told reporters that Guangdong embroidery has a history of thousands of years, which is ancient and charming, but it is not difficult to learn. She summed up 10 kinds of stitches, from easy to difficult. Even ordinary citizens who have never been exposed to Cantonese embroidery can basically get started in more than a month as long as they study hard. "But it will take at least three or four years to learn well."

It is reported that Chen Shaofang founded Guangzhou Embroidery Art Research Institute in Nancun Town, Panyu District more than 20 years ago. He not only engaged in the research of Guangzhou embroidery creation, but also recruited apprentices to make Guangzhou embroidery crafts. But apprentices are recruited from the countryside, and most of them quit after two or three years of study. They can only learn the most basic stitches, and they can't survive without skill. "After more than 20 years, there has been no successor among the apprentices of the Institute." Chen Shaofang said that over the years, she has met many potential apprentices and intends to train them as successors, but often at marriageable age, these girls still choose to leave. "When they leave, it is often the peak of technology and the time to produce works. At that time, I cried every time I walked, but I stopped crying when I got used to it. "

It is reported that the five young apprentices who came yesterday were all children of relatives and friends because the apprentices were not made public. Chen Shaofang said that the Guangzhou embroidery class will be open to ordinary citizens, hoping to cultivate people's feelings about embroidery and art, so that more Guangzhou people can feel the charm of Guangzhou embroidery in their own hands, and also hope to find people who are really interested in Guangzhou embroidery through open apprenticeships and train successors for Guangzhou embroidery.

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Chen Shaofang, a native of Panyu, Guangdong, is a senior artist in China, a first-class master of arts and crafts in Guangdong, a senior artist in China, a first-class master of arts and crafts in Guangdong, and a member of China Embroidery Research Committee. He studied with Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai and Yang Zhiguang for more than 40 years. He is the only master of Cantonese embroidery in the world. He has been committed to the inheritance and innovation of Guangdong embroidery and is known as the founder of "Modern Guangdong Embroidery".