Shu embroidery as early as in the Jin Dynasty was known as "the treasure of Shu", and famous, more than a thousand years, and gradually formed a rigorous stitching, piece of bright thread, stitching, bright colors and other characteristics. The traditional needlework embroidery techniques are nearly 100 kinds, and there are more than 30 kinds of commonly used ones, such as halo needles, cutting needles, pulling needles, sand needles, shan needles, etc. Various kinds of needlework are used intertwined and varied. A variety of needlework interlaced use, varied, or thick and thin, or virtual rope together, yin and yang near and far performance. The following gives you an introduction to Shu embroidery and art.

First, Shu embroidery introduction

Shu embroidery is China's traditional crafts, Shu embroidery concentrated in Chengdu, Sichuan, produced in Chengdu, Sichuan, Mianyang and other places. In the Jin Dynasty was called the treasure of Shu. Shu embroidery to soft satin and colored silk as the main raw material, needlework includes 12 categories *** 122 kinds: with the halo needle, laying needle, rolling needle, cut off the needle, doping needle, cover needle, cutting needle, pulling the needle, sand needle, shan needle, etc., pay attention to the "foot neat, thread piece bright, close and soft, car screw to the family". It gives full play to the specialty of hand embroidery and forms a strong local style. Shu embroidery themes are mostly birds and flowers, animals, landscapes, insects and fish, people, varieties in addition to pure appreciation of the product embroidery screen, there are quilt tops, pillowcases, clothing, shoes, cushions, tablecloths, headscarves, handkerchiefs, screens and so on. There are both huge screens and small pocket-sized pieces, which are both ornamental and practical works of art. Heirloom cultural relics of the Qing dynasty Shu embroidery white satin figure story pattern tent roof, green ground figure story pattern tent roof, red satin ground birds towards the phoenix pattern tent roof, Shu embroidery red satin ground ladies painting pattern pillow top, white satin ground flowers pillow top, white satin ground flowers and butterflies pillow top, white satin ground figure story figure shims, red satin ground five sons to win a picture of the mirror heart and so on.

Second, the art of Shu embroidery

Shu embroidery that is centered in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, the general term for embroidery. Its origin is mainly concentrated in Chengdu, Chongqing, Wenjiang, PI County and other places. Shu embroidery has a long history, together with Shu brocade is known as "the treasure of Shu". Initially, Shu embroidery is mainly popular in the folk, to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, after the gradual formation of the industry, especially in Chengdu Jiulong Lane, Kok A Lane around the Shu embroidery is famous. At that time, the government-run "persuasion bureau" in each county also set up an embroidery section, which shows the wide range of its production. At that time, the production of varieties are mainly official clothes, gifts, daily use of clothing, flowers, side flowers, trousseau, color tents and screens. For example, the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sichuan Hall of the huge "Hibiscus carp" seat screen and Shu embroidery masterpiece "Shu Palace of music women performing music" wall screen,? Double-sided color "watercress carp" screen, "big and small pandas" screen, is a masterpiece of Shu embroidery.

Shu embroidery technique is characterized by smooth and bright line method, neat stitches, rigorous application of needles, mixed with soft color, car twisted freely, the strength of vivid, realistic, any piece of Shu embroidery are dripping with these unique skills, according to statistics, Shu embroidery needlework has twelve major categories, 122 kinds of. Commonly used needles are fainting needles, laying needles, rolling needles, cutting needles, mixing needles, sand needles, cover needles and so on. Shu embroidery commonly used halo needle to express the texture of the embroidery, embodied embroidery light, color, shape, the embroidery? The embroidery is exquisite. Such as the carp's movement, the agility of the golden monkey, the beauty of the characters, the magnificence of the mountains and rivers, the flowers and birds, the panda's naivety, etc., Shu embroidery embroidery method is flexible and adaptable. General embroidery are used silk, satin, silk, yarn, crepe as a fabric, and according to the needs of the embroidery, the production process, color, line with different. It also adopts "line embroidery", using halo, yarn, rolling, hiding, cutting and other techniques on white soft satin fabrics, substituting needles for brushes and threads for ink, embroidering out the patterns with smooth lines and soft tones. It not only adds the moistness of the brush and ink, but also has a glossy and transparent texture.

From the introduction of Shu embroidery, we can know that these traditional techniques are long in embroidery flowers, birds, insects and fish, such as delicate brushwork, but also good at showing the magnificent landscape scenes, delineation of the characters are also realistic and evocative. Since the liberation of the needle embroidery techniques and innovations, such as the performance of animal fur texture "cross needle", the performance of the character bun "spiral needle", the performance of carp scales "real and virtual cover needle", etc., greatly enriched the Shu embroidery forms of expression and artistic style.