Clever Hand Embroidered Mother Jiang Lijuan

In the capital city, the fourth generation of "three inch gold Lotus", the 53 generation of Jiang Lijuan, who was awarded the title of "Kyoto Qiao Niang" by the women's Federation of China, is the best skill in making hand-made embroidered shoes.

Yesterday (13), when the reporter walked into Jiang Lijuan's mother's office at home, she walked into the studio.

A hand-made embroidered shoes exhibition room, tea table, wardrobe, balcony, placed large and small, dazzling embroidered shoes, full of more than 2000 pairs, big to about seventy or eighty centimeters of scarlet embroidered shoes, small to only three or four centimeters of pocket "Golden Lotus", both exquisite works, dizzying, beautiful.

Jiang Lijuan told reporters that when she was 10 years old, she followed her grandmother and mother to learn needlework embroidery and practiced a good sewing job.

Since leaving in August 2001, she was a senior mechanical engineer, and she devoted all her thoughts to little embroidered shoes.

"At the beginning of the day, we ran to the national map, consulted traditional Chinese folk culture materials, accumulated materials, and did not look down on embroidered shoes. It is a carrier of Chinese traditional culture. Folk customs and customs can be reflected through it. Only contact can understand its broad and profound."

Jiang Lijuan pointed to a pair of embroidered shoes designed by himself. "Take the tiger shoes that children wear, from full moon shoes to hundred days shoes, to half year old shoes and one year old shoes, not only the vamp, but also the insoles embroider the exquisite traditional patterns, even the simplest ones will take a week.

This hand-made embroidered shoe with auspicious meaning is both practical and artistic. It can be comfortably worn on feet, and can be appreciated as a handicraft when taken off and placed at home.

The reporter has learned that in the past seven years, Jiang Lijuan has been playing the role of a cultural communicator. He has spread the reputation of "Kyoto Qiao Niang" and Chinese traditional folk art at home and abroad, whether it is Beijing's "science and Technology Fair" or "cultural fair", or the Paris world fair and New Zealand Beijing Cultural Festival. Her embroidered shoes are all very popular, and they are often robbed of them just as they stand on the stage. Many visitors buy a dozen pairs.

Jiang Lijuan's "three inch Golden Lotus" and "twelve zodiac shoes" were awarded the silver award by the National Tourism Administration. The embroidery was awarded the gold medal by the first Chinese folk auspicious Arts Festival. The tiger head shoes were also collected by the New Zealand Papa National Art Museum.