Tuesday, August 4, 2015

ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Stunning Shu brocade and embroidery techniques live on in museum

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Stunning Shu brocade and embroidery techniques live on in museum
http://www.ecns.cn/visual/hd/2015/08-04/73043.shtml
Aug 4th 2015, 06:09







A female apprentice works on a Shu Brocade patterning tower loom in Chengdu Shu Brocade and Embroidery Museum in Sichuan province, Aug 13, 2015. The complicated and time-consuming process produces exquisite handmade Shu Brocades. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Jiang Wanjuan)


Since ancient times, Sichuan has been well known for brocade and embroidery. The technique of Shu embroidery began to take shape in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) and was one of the top four Chinese embroidery schools, along with Su Embroidery in Jiangsu, Xiang Embroidery in Hunan and Yue Embroidery in Guangdong. The most well-known among the four, Shu Embroidery has 120 kinds of stitches, and features fluid lines and bright colors, which look natural and vivid.

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1 comment:

  1. recorded in the Western Han Dynasty, Shu embroidery in silk satin and the color of the silk as the main raw materials, strict precision skills, pay attention to Shi needle, stitch by Tatsu hundred species have a common needle, needle-doped, Shop needle, corona needle, needle cover, stamp pins, needles and so on sand, pin neat, mixed-color light, actual situation adaptation, changes in rich, with a strong local color.

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