Xibo embroidery

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Xibo embroidery

Applicant: Chabuchar Xibe Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Project No.: 1165

Project No.: Ⅶ - 108

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Chabuchar Xibe Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Protection unit: cultural center of Chabuchar Xibe Autonomous County

Introduction to Xibo embroidery:

Applicant: Chabuchar Xibe Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Xibo embroidery is mainly distributed in eight Niulu, Xibo Autonomous County, Chabuchar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is one of the best traditional handicrafts for Xibo women.

It is said that Xibo embroidery originated from the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty. The early Xibo embroidery has obvious cultural characteristics of fishing, hunting and migration in northern China. Since the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, Xibo nationality was incorporated into the eight banners of Manchuria, its embroidery was influenced by the embroidery skills of Manchu and Han nationality; in the Qing Dynasty, after Xibo nationality moved westward to Yili area of Xinjiang, its embroidery technology was influenced by the embroidery of Uygur, Kazak, Russian and other nationalities, thus achieving new regional characteristics.

The good and bad of embroidery is one of the important standards to measure the character and ability of Xibo women. Being able to embroider well is a sign of dexterous young women, and is often the object of young men's Flocking pursuit. In the past, Xibo girls had to embroider a series of embroidered products, such as pillow, quilt, cloud pillow top, handkerchief and embroidered shoes, before they got married. When they got married, they took them to their mother-in-law's house to show them to their relatives and friends. Married women also want to embroider a well-designed cigarette pocket for their husband, with more auspicious patterns.

Xibo embroidery is mainly used for the decoration of clothing, such as cheongsam, vest, shawl, longevity clothes, official clothes and military clothes, as well as household daily necessities such as pillow top, door curtain, purse, tea set cloth, shoes and socks, doors and windows, curtain, wall cloth, tent, brocade tent, etc. The patterns of embroidery mostly express the auspicious meaning of peony, crane, dragon and other animals and plants. The needling methods of embroidery mainly include beading, pricking, inlaying, colored lacquer, gold depiction, carving, weaving, decal, gold and silver thread, patchwork, cross stitch, flower tying, etc.

Embroidery of Xibo nationality has been handed down from generation to generation. As the traditional cultural heritage of Xibo nationality, it shows its unique charm and value.