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Chaozhou embroidery
Chaozhou embroidery has a long history, together named Yue embroidery with Guangzhou embroidery, is one of four great embroidery of the country. Its craftwork is delicate; style is unique, aged Chaozhou people call Chao embroidery as Gu embroidery, and Gu embroidery is from Gu Mingshi in Ming dynasty, can know that Chao embroidery really has a long history.
Take out yarn is a branch of Chao embroidery, already becomes Chaoshan¡¯s traditional featured craftwork, from its craftwork to stripe composition of a picture, all embodiment traditional feature of Chaoshan folk craft. Maybe lots o f people don¡¯t know, it is happen that just the craftwork which is embodiment culture features is introduced by foreign Boanerges.
From Chaoshan take out yarn lines, we still can distinguish foreign lines affection, only these lines already become Chaozhou local things. Through the absorption process from Chao embroidery to take out yarn, we can feel the amalgamation of Chaoshan culture, digest to use for them, this is just the reason that Chaoshan culture possess feature in coastal opening region .
Chao embroider costume: There are more than 500 costume enterprise which is develop from Chao embroidery craft to modern technique production, engage in the production of fashionable dress, wedding dress and evening-dress, is one of the big production base of world wedding dress and evening-dress. Guangdong Mingrui (Group) Co. Ltd is one of the biggest manufacturer on world high grade evening dress, wedding dress and adornment, its Mingrui brand production, is the famous export products supported by nation, obtain ¡° Import and export commodity exempt from examinations certificate¡± issued by quarantine bureau, products far sold to occident and southeast. Guangdong province Jinchao group Ltd produce hand embroider, machine embroider clothes, wool pearl embroidery, real silk clothes and chemical fiber fashion clothes etc. ¡°Jinchao¡± brand awarded most fashion clothes brand by fashionable dress committee.
Chaozhou embroider fragrant bag:
Among various Chaozhou craftwork, Chaozhou embroider fragrant bag (also called embroider toy) is colorful and possess unique feature. It is a handicraft which rich of local mien, enjoyment and adornment. There are various fragrant bag, can divided into fruit, animal and still life three kinds in general. Frequently is guava, pumpkin, chanticleer, peacock, deer, elephant, butterfly, goldfish, and embroidery ball, flower basket etc. Most of it is exquisite small toy, but some is big piece and practical craftwork. Like big kylin, red persimmon bag, peacock clothes hood. That unique craftwork, as it¡¯s elegant sculpts, beautiful color and full of village art lingering charm deeply loved by the people.
Chaozhou fragrant bag is traditional Chaozhou handicraft. Before Chaozhou has ¡°Beg fragrant bag¡± custom. When people attending the wedding, should beg fragrant from bridegroom and bride customarily, especially children. Sound of getting is full of hall, must get it, the more the better. Get fragrant bag, like obtain treasure, enjoy gird, everyone appraise it, add infinitude happy atmosphere to the wedding. Because this fragrant is done by bride before she gets married, so the quality of fragrant bag is a sign to know the craft of bride. In the past, most Chaozhou women has this craft, this maybe the root that Chaozhou women good at doing embroidery. Since 1949, with process of social fashion, beg fragrant is desalt gradually till disappear. However it becomes a craftwork, which is largely export to every country. 70 to 80 age of last century, fragrant bag is Chaozhou¡¯s fist product; annual output is over million RMB. Since then Chaozhou embroidery partly become bead embroidery toy, most export as small adornment etc, also well sold.
Main material is silk, cloth, yarn, wool, bullion, cotton wool and bead etc. Once upon a time, Chaozhou women do fragrant bag, most make use of residual leftover material and left yarn, take little money or avoid using money. Its method is draw simple figure of the things you want to make, use five-color yarn, cloth with soft nap, bead and bullion line embroider and decorate stripe picture in various flowery, tinge harmonious and lots of changes, then back up flat of thick white paper at embroidery back, cut out, sew bullion line along brim, at last sew close. Inside filled with cotton wool, and add spicy (like sandalwood), smell it is very fragrant, so called ¡°fragrant bag¡±. Actual product, most not add flavor.
Chaozhou fragrant bag individual is not big, because things endow with shape, general size if between a few centimeters to decade centimeters. So look small and exquisite, become most loved toy of children. Sometimes also has two meters adorn, general curtain fall also is one Chi. Most sculpt is solid or semi-solid (flat shape). Generally decide by whether it is beautiful.
Chaozhou fragrant has a set of tradition art representation form. On sculpt, good at exerting sum, exaggerate and drill method. Some pay attention to appearance like, some to exaggeration. Most adopt contrast and foil on tinge treatment, and most adopt bright color, look flowery and dazzle the eyes. One fragrant has different depend on work. Sometimes one day can make several pieces, sometimes one piece will need several or decades of days. Chaozhou women are famous for their excellent embroidery and take out yarn skill, skill of making fragrant bag also outstanding. But it is only localized in Chaozhou in old society, so few known by earthling. After establishment of new China, Chaozhou fragrant bag as folk art sent to abroad for exhibition many times, got extensive good comment, earning ¡°Bright pearl of orient folk art¡±. Shanghai art film studio even shoot into film specially, products also sold everywhere in the world. Chaoshan old craftsman is ever elected as Guangdong province polity negotiation commissary. Is ever attend craftsman meeting in the year 1957 and see respect Prime Minister Zhou. Lots of her fragrant sent aboard for exhibition and get high appraisal. Fragrant of Yang Xumei is also very delicate, she cooperate with others that very big fragrant ¡°Harvest¡± big flower basket is reach 2 meters also the unprecedented work. New type grows day by day, now total has over 500, really is full of beautiful things in eyes!
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