What are the characteristics of Xiang embroidery?

1, Xiang embroidery is "replacing the pen with a needle" and "blurring the color with a line". On the basis of deliberately pursuing the original appearance of the painting, artistic re-creation is carried out. 2. Xiang embroidery is mainly made of silk, real silk, hard satin, soft satin, transparent yarn and various colors of silk and wool. 3. The artistic features of Xiang embroidery are vividness, vividness and strong texture. 4. Xiang embroidery has a vivid style, rich and bright colors, and pays great attention to the shade of yin and yang, changeable stitches and meticulous dividing lines. Embroiderers pay attention to "embroidery can produce fragrance, embroidered birds can smell, embroidered tigers can run, and embroidered people can express their emotions".

The Historical Origin of Xiang Embroidery

Xiang embroidery has a long history, which can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2000 years ago. It can be seen from a large number of embroideries unearthed from the Chu Tomb of the Warring States Period in Changsha and the Western Han Tomb of Mawangdui that the local embroidery skills in Hunan had reached an amazing height at that time. 1958 the exquisite patterns of dragon and phoenix embroidery and the exquisite stitches of embroidery workers found in the Chu tomb in Changsha have long been lamented by the world.

1972 Forty pieces of embroidery were unearthed in Mawangdui, Changsha, indicating that Hunan local embroidery, that is, Xiang embroidery, had developed to a higher level in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2 100 years ago. "The splendid chu xiu and Mawangdui Han embroidery is not only a proud chapter in the history of Chinese embroidery, but also the logical source of the initial development of Xiang embroidery."

Diversity theme of Xiang embroidery

The main varieties of Xiang embroidery are: flowers and birds, landscapes, landscapes, figures, portraits, animals, cloth strips, album pages, quilts, embroidered clothes, scarves, handkerchiefs, shawls, Shuang Mianxiu, Shuang Mianxiu, double-sided embroidery, large-scale carved embroidered seat screens and hanging screens. The common images in Xiang embroidery are peony, rose, camellia, chrysanthemum, plum blossom, orchid and bamboo. Birds include phoenix, peacock, golden pheasant, red-crowned crane, eagle, mandarin duck, pigeon, starling, magpie, bald head and so on. Animals include lions, tigers, horses, deer, cats, dogs, squirrels, pandas and so on. There are figures, landscapes, small flowers, goldfish, butterflies, calligraphy and so on.