Suzhou embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China. What are its characteristics?

Suzhou embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China, and was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Su embroidery? No harmony, even ironing, clear thread, light and loose hair? What is the biggest feature of being famous? Smooth, neat, harmonious, smooth and even? .

Flat: the embroidered surface is flat; Qi: the edge of the pattern is neat; Fine: fine needle and fine embroidery thread; Dense: the lines are arranged compactly, and no stitches are exposed; And: the right color; Light: dazzling and brightly colored; Shun: Silk is round and self-contained; Uniform: Fine and uniform lines and uniform density.

There are obvious differences between hand embroidery and machine embroidery, which can be clearly distinguished by the naked eye. Hand-embroidered Suzhou embroidery works use natural silk, which has a natural and delicate luster; Due to the tight tension of machine embroidery, only the embroidery thread made of chemical fiber can be used, which has a hard feel and an unnatural luster. The natural silk thread can be split, and the details can be depicted with silk threads with different thicknesses, making the modeling more vivid. Machine embroidery thread can't be broken due to technological reasons, so the thread of the whole picture is the same thickness, with dull shape and lack of detail description.

In addition, because the hand embroidery is made of natural silk, coupled with the special production process, even if it is full of embroidery, the quality of the whole embroidered piece is lighter and softer after embroidery. The embroidery of machine embroidery can't be broken, and the back is full of messy connections, so the quality of embroidery is very heavy, and it feels heavy in your hand. For the same pattern, the weight difference between hand embroidery and machine embroidery is more than 3 times.