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Dai Embroidery Shoes In Gengma

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06 October,

Dai nationality

It is a nation capable of weaving fine embroidery. Dai nationality's traditional embroidery craft has a long history in Gengma Dai Wa Autonomous County. In the Ming Dynasty, Jingtai's "picture of Yunnan classics" records the Dai women's dress in Meng Ding government.

Dai embroidery is mainly used for shoes, children's caps, "blocks" and pillowcases.

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Embroidered shoes

Embroidered with exquisite workmanship and brilliant colors, it can be called the traditional embroidery craft of the Dai nationality.

Gengma Dai embroidery shoes are divided into two kinds according to their decorative patterns: one is Satin colored silk embroidered shoes, the other is gold embroidered embroidered shoes.

The process of making satin colored silk embroidered shoes is: first, make old cloth and batter into "cloth shells", then cut them into upper ones, then choose shoes.

Fabric

Cut according to the size of the upper and stitch it on the upper, then cut out the embroidered pattern on the upper with cotton paper and embroider it with various colored threads.

The embroidered shoes of Jin Liang Liang are roughly the same as those of the former. After embroidering, the embroidered shoes are decorated with red lines, gold and silver wires and bright platinum plates, which make the embroidered shoes more magnificent.

Dai embroidery shoes are the artistic creation of Dai women in their life practice, with hundreds of patterns.

The clever and intelligent Dai women are good at discovering beauty and creating beauty. They regard the beautiful flowers and plants in the natural environment as the theme of embroidery, and have a life flavor.

The selection of base colors of shoe upper faces varies with age.

Young women prefer light green, light yellow, pink and white; middle-aged and old women choose light blue, gray and black.

After generations of inheritance, some designs of the vamp have evolved into some cultural symbols. They have rich connotations: "Shuangfeng win treasure" symbolizes wealth and auspiciousness; "four seasons melon and fruit" indicates a bumper harvest and prosperous children and grandchildren; the flowers, lotus and peach blossom are the reappearance of the natural beauty of the Dai family.

Embroidered shoes are suitable for wearing. They are important costumes for people's festivals. They are also exquisite workmanship.

Before the founding of new China, embroidered shoes were the symbol of power and wealth. Only the children of aristocratic families such as lords, chieftains and their officials could wear them.

Nowadays, the Dai women, who love beauty, can wear self-made embroidered shoes. With its unique artistic charm, it becomes a beautiful cultural landscape in the border town of Gengma.