Folk embroidery (Chengcheng embroidery)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: folk embroidery (Chengcheng embroidery)

Applicant: Chengcheng County, Shaanxi Province

Project No.: 853

Project No.: Ⅶ - 77

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Shaanxi Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Chengcheng County, Shaanxi Province

Protection unit: Chengcheng County Cultural Center

Introduction to folk embroidery (Chengcheng embroidery)

Applicant: Chengcheng County, Shaanxi Province

Folk embroidery, also known as "needle embroidery", "tie flower" and "embroidery", is also known as "needlework" because it is mostly done by women. It is a kind of traditional folk craft, in which a needle is used to pierce the colored thread on the fabric to form a specific pattern or character. Folk embroidery products are indispensable gifts and decorations in folk activities. It has a long history and is closely related to the daily life of ordinary people. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "whose daughter is skillful depends on the needle and thread". Folk embroidery has a wide range of themes, rich cultural connotation, and spread all over the north and south of the river, inside and outside the Great Wall. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Beijing, folk embroidery has developed creatively and formed different regional styles.

Chengcheng embroidery is a popular folk embroidery art in Chengcheng County of Shaanxi Province. It has a long history. In Chengcheng area, embroidery has a deep mass foundation. It is widely used in daily production and life. It is closely related to various folk activities such as weddings and funerals, festivals and sacrifices. Local rural women can basically master certain embroidery skills. Chengcheng embroidery is not only practical, but also aesthetic. There are many kinds of embroidery, among which pillow top, quilt cover, insole, apron and other daily necessities are the most common. Chengcheng embroidery has a wide range of themes, dense layout, simple and generous patterns, bright and gorgeous colors, full of innocent imagination, calm and honest in flowing and flying, expressing the praise of life reproduction and the hope for a better life. Carrying a lot of traditional culture and life philosophy, Chengcheng embroidery vividly reflects the values and aesthetic consciousness of Shaanxi farmers, and has the research value of folklore and folk art. At present, the change of rural lifestyle, the desalination of traditional social customs, the impact of modern machine embroidery products and other practical reasons lead to the inheritance crisis of Chengcheng embroidery, which is in urgent need of protection and rescue.