Investigation Group Of China Textile Federation To Guizhou Miao Embroidery Industry Enters Jianhe And Taijiang

On July 13, more than 30 members of the delegation of China Textile Industry Federation to Guizhou Miao embroidery industry entered Jianhe and Taijiang to visit Longnu Sanjiu, the national representative inheritor of Miao nationality's Tin embroidery and the ambassador of China's intangible cultural heritage promotion, and Jiang Wenying, the national representative inheritor of Miao paper cutting; We visited the Taijiang Miao embroidery Museum, the mother's production of Taijiang Miao embroidery manual cooperative, and Taijiang Haodeng ethnic silver Embroidery Co., Ltd.

Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of China Textile Federation

The third stop

Jianhe County

On July 13, more than 30 members of the delegation of China Textile Industry Federation to Guizhou Miao embroidery industry came to Jianhe County, the third station, to visit Longnu Sanjiu, the national representative inheritor of Miao nationality's Tin embroidery, the ambassador of China's textile intangible cultural heritage promotion, and Jiang Wenying, the national representative inheritor of Miao paper cutting.

Xixiu of Miao Nationality in Jianhe county is one of the unique embroidery techniques in the world. It is mainly distributed in Nanzhai, Mindong, Guanmo and other towns in Jianhe county. It has been spread for five or six hundred years. The Miao nationality's Tin embroidery takes the Tibetan blue cotton fabric as the carrier. First, cotton thread is used to thread and cross stitch the cloth according to the traditional pattern. Then, the metal tin wire is embroidered in the pattern, and then the black, red, blue and green silk threads are used to embroider colorful flowers in the gap of the pattern. Tin embroidery has unique craft, fine craftsmanship, clear pattern, complex workmanship and special materials, so it has high appreciation and collection value.

In the Dragon women's 39th workshop, some embroidered women in tin embroidered clothes were showing the delegation a lively display through hand embroidery. Longnu Sanjiu introduced the pattern pattern, technological characteristics, technological process and cultural connotation of Miao's Tin embroidery in detail. With the change of living environment, the development of social economy and the particularity of material technology, Miao traditional tin embroidery has also appeared a serious crisis of skill inheritance, and the symbol language, cultural significance and artistic value of its patterns are gradually losing. In 2006, Xixiu of Miao Nationality in Jianhe county was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

As an inheritor, Longnu Sanjiu always put the inheritance of Miao's Tin embroidery in the first place. In 2012, with the help of the local government, she set up a tin embroidery studio integrating skills, design, processing and sales with the help of the local government. The studio has brought new vitality to the dying tin embroidery, which is on the verge of disappearing, and has also driven many poor households who have established files and registered cards to get rid of poverty. The members of the delegation deeply admire Longnu Sanjiu for their ingenuity and exquisite skills.

In the Miao nationality, paper cutting art is very popular. A Miao embroidery work with complicated patterns and stories must have a good paper-cut pattern as the basis before it is released. The inheritance of Miao culture is not only through the form of embroidery, but also the paper-cut skills under scissors. In Jianhe, the delegation visited Jiang Wenying, the national representative inheritor of Miao paper cutting.

Jiang Wenying learned Miao paper cutting from her grandmother and mother since she was a child. After more than 30 years of practice, her paper cutting skills are well-known in the Qingshui River area of Jianhe county. Her works are full of composition, simple and unsophisticated modeling, and have strong national and local characteristics. In 2013, she joined hands with more than 40 xiuniangs to set up a Miao paper-cut art park in Jianhe County, bringing more than 200 people to work. Her products are exported to the United States, Britain, Italy and other countries, with an annual income of more than 1 million yuan. Jiang Wenying was selected as the inheritor of the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects in 2017. In December 2020, she was rated as the model worker of Guizhou Province in 2020. She occasionally went to primary and secondary schools to teach Miao paper-cut skills during her busy time. She is the leader and adherent of intangible cultural heritage on campus, and has cultivated a new force for inheriting traditional paper-cut skills.

Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of China Textile Federation

The fourth stop

Taijiang County

The Miao population of Taijiang County accounts for 97% of the total population of Taijiang County, which is known as "the first county of Miao Nationality in the world". The delegation of China Textile Industry Federation to Guizhou Miao embroidery industry arrived at the fourth station, Taijiang county.

Accompanied by Wu Xiuqiong, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of Taijiang County, Zhou Wenlun, deputy head of the county people's government, Feng Jinguo, director of the county's Bureau of culture, culture, radio, television and tourism, etc., the research group visited the Museum of Miao embroidery in Taijiang, the mother's manufacture of Taijiang Miao embroidery manual cooperative, and the Taijiang Haodeng silver Embroidery Co., Ltd.

Taijiang Miao embroidery museum is a provincial cultural relic protection unit in Guizhou, with a total area of 1570 square meters. It has 11 exhibition rooms and 533 collections. It mainly displays the embroidery pieces of Miao nationality from nine different branches of Taijiang County, the paper cutting technology of Miao people, weaving brocade and Miao costumes. It is divided into picture exhibition room, embroidery exhibition room, embroidery decoration exhibition room, etc The exhibition room of weaving, dyeing and embroidery process and related tools. In the exhibition hall, various needling techniques of nine branches of Miao nationality, such as plain embroidery, crepe embroidery, braided embroidery, seed embroidery, pile embroidery and cross stitch embroidery, are systematically displayed in the exhibition hall. These techniques not only reflect the Miao people's original religious beliefs, totem worship and their worship of nature and love of life, It also shows the Miao people's original concept of animism and the brotherly affinity between man and all things. Director Feng Jinguo's wonderful explanation opened the "mysterious veil" of Guizhou Miao embroidery for the delegation members.

The Taijiang Miao handicraft cooperative was established in April 2019. The Taijiang County People's government and the China Women's foundation reached a framework agreement. Yuhang District of Hangzhou city invested 3 million yuan to cooperate with the "mother made" project of China Women's development foundation. It is a typical example of College Students' entrepreneurship. Through five measures including design support, brand promotion, market introduction, platform construction and skill training, the company adopts the business model of "one society, multi workshop and mass innovation" to help the development of Taijiang embroidery industry. The cooperative signed more than 30 million yuan production orders with Wang Zhizao, Xiaoxiang Sanxun and fangyangban; Establish sales channels such as shuoyin, Taobao and weidian, and carry out live online delivery with goods, so as to realize the simultaneous development of online and offline, and expand the marketing channels. Up to now, the cooperative has attracted more than 1000 women to participate and signed interest Association agreements with 360 disabled and poor women.

Taijiang Haodeng ethnic silver Embroidery Co., Ltd. takes the inheritance and development of Miao embroidery skills as its own responsibility, and collects more than 1200 pieces of ethnic costumes and embroidery pieces of different ages. In the long-term cooperation with the contracted xiuniang, we have developed Miao embroidery handbags, Miao embroidery notebooks, Miao embroidery sachets, Miao embroidered scarves and various kinds of accessories. The products are simple and fashionable, beautiful and practical. They have been praised by experts and won awards in various competitions at provincial, state and county levels. In March 2019, the company's legal person Shi Chuanying, on behalf of Guizhou Miao embroidery, went to Beijing's Great Hall of the people to participate in the commemorative activities of March 8 International Women's day, and introduced Guizhou Taijiang Miao embroidery to Chinese and foreign journalists. Its exquisite skills were recognized by people at home and abroad. After that, it successfully developed cooperation with Italian and French brands. More than 20 kinds of Miao embroidery products have been developed, such as cheongsam, windbreaker, women's boots, bags, etc., which successfully let Miao embroidery go abroad and enter the European market, and let the world understand the charm of Miao embroidery.

At the end of the day's research work, the relevant leaders of the people's Government of Taijiang county and the delegation held an exchange meeting of China Textile Federation to investigate the industrialization development of Miao embroidery in Taijiang county.

The delegation led by sun Huaibin, vice president of China Textile Industry Federation, and Huang Yuanping, member of the Party committee, director and deputy general manager of colorful Guizhou cultural industry group, Peng Yang, executive director of colorful Guizhou scenic eye cultural and creative park Transportation Management Co., Ltd., Wu Xiuqiong, deputy director of the Standing Committee of Taijiang County People's Congress, Zhou Wenlun, deputy head of the county people's government More than 40 people, including Feng Jinguo, director of the County Bureau of culture, culture, radio, television and tourism, attended the forum.

The leaders of the people's Government of Taijiang County systematically introduced the advantages and current situation of the development of the Miao embroidery industry in Taijiang county. In view of the problems faced by the development of the Miao embroidery industry in Taijiang County, the members of the research group expressed their own opinions. According to the visiting experience and interview experience in the investigation, the focus was put on the cooperation between colleges and universities, personnel training, brand building, publicity and promotion, channel platform, industrial gathering energy, etc Some practical suggestions such as creating local IP, "going out, bringing in" and how to endow Taijiang Miao embroidery are also put forward.

Source: Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of China Textile Federation