The Palace Museum Publishing House Has Published A New Book, Yunshang Huayi, Which Shows The Beauty Of Beijing Embroidery And Traditional Chinese Clothing

On July 13, the audience watched the collection of traditional clothing of Qing Dynasty at the press conference. Photo by Zhang Yuwei, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency

A new book, yunshang Huayi, Bi Hong's collection of clothing treasures and original works of Qing Dynasty, edited and published by the Palace Museum press, was presented to the public. This book selects more than 60 pieces of Qing Dynasty palace clothing and more than 110 Beijing embroidery patterns collected by the classical beauty collector Bi Hong. Through exquisite pictures and related research articles, the book focuses on the style design, fabric lining, color matching, embroidery patterns, thread color needling, production technology, and cultural connotation of traditional Chinese clothing, focusing on the beauty of Beijing embroidery technology and Chinese traditional clothing.

Experts and scholars from the Palace Museum, China's arts and crafts, clothing design, inheritance and protection of intangible cultural heritage gathered together to discuss the topics of Beijing embroidery art of intangible cultural heritage, protection and inheritance of traditional clothing, design and innovation and development of Chinese style clothing, and explore the future and development of Beijing embroidery art, the integration and innovation of traditional embroidery technology and Chinese style clothing.

On July 13, the audience watched the collection of traditional clothing of Qing Dynasty at the press conference. Photo by Zhang Yuwei, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency

Chang Shana, a famous art designer and educator, said at the press conference: "today, I am very happy that many colleagues from the industrial and artistic circles are gathering here. Over the years, Bi Hong has enthusiastically collected traditional clothes and embroideries, and has carried out special research. We have seen the young generation's love for traditional culture, and made contributions to better meeting the needs of people's better life for the fine arts and crafts. "

Talking about the newly published "yunshang Huayi -- collection of BIHONG's collection of clothing treasures and original works of Qing Dynasty", Tang Kemei, deputy director of the China Arts and Crafts Master's evaluation committee, said that the book presented the appearance of Beijing embroidery intuitively and vividly from the form, craft and pattern features, which filled the gap in relevant fields, It provides valuable heritage information for the industry to study Beijing embroidery and traditional clothing, and gives the well-documented traditional positioning and development direction. It is a group of people like Bi Hong who are immersed in the pursuit of the beauty of Chinese style out of their love for traditional clothing. After years of hard work, they let Beijing embroidery continue to inherit and add luster to the development of China's traditional clothing.

Yuan Hongqi, a research librarian of the Palace Museum who prefaces the new book, is a famous expert in the field of palace and traditional clothing. Yuan Hongqi said that China's traditional clothing is a comprehensive carrier of textile, printing and dyeing and clothing culture, and is a national cultural treasure. Scattered in the folk ancient clothing, more need to rescue, sorting and collection. BIHONG's ancestors set out to collect ancient clothing more than 20 years ago, from liking to responsibility, collecting and protecting the clothing cultural heritage and making it inherit and develop, so that the cultural achievements can be passed down from generation to generation, reflecting the responsibility and responsibility of carrying forward the clothing culture messenger.

Li Jie, vice president of China Arts and Crafts Association, said that appreciating Bi Hong's collection, design and creation of clothing has a strong sense of "shock". As a master of Arts and crafts, Bi Hong has devoted a lot of efforts to the pursuit of art and excellence. Her love for Beijing embroidery is inspiring, which makes the innovation and development of Beijing embroidery more firm.

Wei Lianwei, chairman of Beijing Gongmei group, said that the beauty of Beijing embroidery skills and traditional clothing in "yunshang Huayi" is impressive. Bi Hong designed and produced Chinese clothes with the sense of mission and responsibility of Chinese people and Chinese heart. Over the years, she has done a lot of work in the collection, protection, research of traditional clothing and inheritance of Beijing embroidery skills, and has made an important contribution to the promotion of excellent traditional culture.

Yan Yong, a research librarian and director of the palace Department of the Palace Museum, said that on the basis of collecting traditional clothing for many years, Bi Hong has constantly explored, inherited and innovated her excellent traditional skills to "activate" the excellent traditional skills, and design clothes that are closer to people's modern life. It is of great significance to beautify people's life and improve their life taste to show Chinese cultural confidence in inheritance.

On July 13, experts and scholars discussed on the spot. Photo by Zhang Yuwei, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency

At the Silk Road Yunchang traditional clothing rhyme culture forum, Bi Hong, dressed in classic beautiful clothes, shared her mental experience of engaging in Qing Dynasty palace clothing collection, inheriting Beijing embroidery skills, and designing Chinese style clothing.

Bi Hong is now a master of Beijing Gongmei, a "Jinggong craftsman" in Beijing, a young tutor of the Institute of ancient culture and Museum of Peking University, and a visiting professor of Beijing Institute of fashion. Bi Hong studied under Huang Nengfu, a leading figure in ancient Chinese clothing culture, Professor of the Academy of fine arts of Tsinghua University, and Jiang Xueying, a representative inheritor of Suzhou embroidery, a national intangible heritage project, and a master of Chinese arts and crafts. Since the collection of classical beautiful clothes began in 1997, Bi Hong has been all over the country. For more than 20 years, she has been focusing on the collection and research of palace clothing and embroidery in Qing Dynasty, and has been highly concerned by the industry. On the one hand, she collected nearly 1000 pieces of clothing of the Qing court and famous families; On the other hand, she led the team to continue to contribute to the inheritance and development of Beijing embroidery and traditional embroidery technology. In order to study the skills of Beijing embroidery, Bi Hong sorted out the process and characteristics of clothing making undertaken by the palace manufacturing office of the Qing Dynasty. By studying the ancient techniques and craftsmen of the cloaks, fish scales and pleated skirts and horse face skirts, Bi Hong mastered the production techniques of traditional clothing related to Beijing embroidery, such as "embroidery, piping, inlaying, extrusion, sewing, and disk buckle".

"Chinese traditional clothing attaches great importance to the overall harmony of people, clothing, nature and environment, and is an important carrier of Chinese excellent traditional culture," Bi Hong said. "It contains profound philosophical connotation, the way to get along with nature in harmony, and convey the beauty of Chinese culture with long meaning and endless aftertaste. The purpose of collecting classical beautiful clothes is to learn and study the essence of ancient clothing making. After learning, these delicacies will be inherited, and the collection, practicality and aesthetic culture of clothing will be integrated to design Chinese style beautiful clothes suitable for the development of the times Learning from nature is the source of heart. Over the years of research and accumulation, Bi Hong led the team to use "original design + unique ancient method of handwork" to start the road of original fashion design, and designed and produced a large number of Chinese style clothing integrating traditional aesthetic elements. Her works won awards in the field of industrial beauty. The Gaoding clothing produced by her team was highly recognized by customers at home and abroad, which is the inheritance of traditional embroidery technology such as Beijing embroidery Development and innovation contribute.

On July 13, Bi Hong, a famous collector of classical fine clothes, introduced his collection of Qing Dynasty court clothes to the guests.

On July 13, Bi Hong, a famous classical beauty collector, signed for the readers at the press conference.

On July 13, Chang Shana (left), a famous art designer and educator, delivered a speech at the event.

(source: Xinhua)