Embroidery, also known as needle embroidery, is commonly known as embroidery. Drawing colored lines (silk, velvet and thread) with embroidery needles, and embroidering needles on fabrics (silk, cloth and silk) according to the designed patterns to form patterns or characters with embroidery marks is one of the excellent national traditional crafts in China. It was called "haze" and "needle haze" in ancient times. Later, because embroidery was mostly made by women, it was also called "needlework".

Chinese embroidery schools: Su embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Shu embroidery, Yue embroidery, Jing embroidery, Lu embroidery, Bian embroidery, Ou embroidery, Hang embroidery, Han embroidery, Min embroidery and other national embroidery.

There are the following embroidery methods:

1, color embroidery 2, stalk-wrapped embroidery 3, carved embroidery (called floor hole embroidery) 4, tapestry embroidery (called patchwork embroidery) 5, needle embroidery (called disc stalk embroidery or tapestry embroidery) 6, cross embroidery (called cross peach blossom) 7. Ribbon embroidery (called plain ribbon embroidery) 8. Poke embroidery (called Jinna) 9.

1 1. Outline embroidery 12. Nail thread embroidery 13. Ring gold/silver 14. Sheet metal 15. Yamagata embroidery 16. Embroidery by grasping needles 17. Lock embroidery 65438.