Leshan Representative Intangible Cultural Heritage

Leshan's representative intangible cultural heritage is Xiaoliangshan Yi embroidery.

Yi embroidery has strong colors and rough craftsmanship, which reflects the totem worship and folk customs of Yi people and is a form of inheritance of Yi culture in a long history. With its diverse cultural and ecological landscape, it is unique in the forest of embroidery art of all ethnic groups. On May 24th, 20021,Yi embroidery was included in the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Generally, the fabrics used in Yi embroidery are wood, cotton, linen plain fabrics and other blended plain fabrics. Embroidery thread adopts cotton thread, bulky yarn color thread, mercerized embroidery thread, gold thread, etc. After cutting, embroidery, ironing and other actions, the cloth has become a beautiful Yi embroidery work.

Yi embroidery is the representative cultural expression and carrier of Yi people, and it is also an important part of traditional folk crafts in China. Yi embroidery embodies the lifestyle, customs, folk beliefs, historical culture and aesthetic taste of the Yi people, and has high historical, artistic, scientific and aesthetic value.

Artistic features of Yi embroidery;

Most of the embroidery patterns of the Yi nationality originate from nature. Animal patterns include goat horns, sheep horns, buffalo horns and the eyes of all animals and black beasts; Plant patterns include various flowers, trees and seeds; Natural patterns include landscapes, thunder and lightning, and geometric patterns composed of various lines and surfaces.

The color of Yi embroidery is mainly black cloth, and the purity of red, green and purple is high, showing a strong contrast effect. Its embroidery works are large in area, high in density and exquisite in embroidery, which can be called the artistic treasure of national embroidery.

Generally, the embroidery techniques of Yi people include plain stitch, needle, mixed stitch, plate embroidery, pull embroidery, hanging embroidery and cross embroidery. Rich colors, harmonious patterns and fullness are the main artistic features of Yi embroidery.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Yixiu (Liangshan Yixiu)