What kind of craft is embroidery? How many types does it have?
Embroidery is a general term for various decorative patterns embroidered on a fabric by needles and threads. It is a decorative fabric in which silk threads or other fibers and yarns are pierced on the embroidery material with a certain pattern and color with a needle, and stitches are used to form a decorative fabric. It is an art that uses needles and threads to add human design and production to any existing fabric.
Embroidery is one of the traditional Chinese folk handicrafts, with a history of at least two to three thousand years in China. There are four main categories of Chinese embroidery: Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery, and Guangdong embroidery.
Embroidery techniques include wrong stitch embroidery, random stitch embroidery, net embroidery, full-floor embroidery, stitching, nasi, nasi, flat gold, shadow gold, pan gold, velvet laying, velvet scraping, yarn stamping, thread sprinkling, Flower picks, etc. The uses of embroidery mainly include life and art decoration, such as clothing, bedding, table cloth, stage, and artwork decoration.
Embroidery, known as needle embroidery in ancient times, is a craft that uses embroidery needles to draw colorful threads, embroider needles on textiles according to the designed patterns, and use embroidery traces to form patterns. In ancient times, it was called “black” and “pink”. Because embroidery is mostly made by women, it is also known as “Female Red”. Embroidery is one of the ancient Chinese handicrafts. The hand embroidery craftsmanship in my country has a history of more than 2,000 years. According to the “Shang Shu”, the uniform system, more than 4,000 years ago, stipulated that “clothing and painting should be embroidered.” In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a record of “Embroidery Co-work”. The embroidery of the Warring States Period and the Han Dynasties unearthed in Hubei and Hunan are of very high level. Embroidery in Tang and Song dynasties is evenly applied with fine needles and rich in color. Embroidery is popular in painting and calligraphy, ornaments, and so on. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the scale of palace embroidery was very large, and folk embroidery was further developed. Su embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, Hunan embroidery, and Shu embroidery were produced successively, known as the “Four Famous Embroideries”.
In addition, there are Gu embroidery, Beijing embroidery, Ou embroidery, Lu embroidery, Fujian embroidery, Bian embroidery, Han embroidery, hemp embroidery, and Miao embroidery, all of which have their own styles.
There are dozens of needle methods for embroidery: full needle, trocar, stick needle, long and short needle, punch needle, flat gold, and sand punch. They are rich and colorful, each with its own characteristics. The uses of embroidery include daily clothing, singing, dancing or opera costumes, daily necessities such as tablecloths, pillowcases, cushions, and furnishings such as screens and wall hangings. The most famous type of embroidery in the Republic of China is Gu embroidery.
