The All Media Fashion Gathering Activity Of The City Of Youth Was Held In Shangyu District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province

From May 24 to 26, the "Today Meets the Future in Shangyu" All media Fashion Activity of the Youth City was held in Shangyu District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. During this period, Chinese media representatives and "foreign disciples" from Japan, Canada, Ireland, Australia and other countries walked into Shangyuli Street to experience the intangible cultural heritage project - Hangzhou embroidery, understand blue dye, and feel the charm of traditional Chinese folk handicrafts.

Wen Fu, a "foreign disciple" from Ghana, experienced Hang embroidery. Photographed by Wang Gang

Jin Feifei, a master of arts and crafts in Shaoxing and inheritor of Hangzhou embroidery skills, introduced Hangzhou embroidery skills. Photographed by Wang Gang

Hang embroidery, one of China's outstanding traditional national crafts, reached its peak in the Southern Song Dynasty.

"The jade and gold threads are embroidered into singing and dancing clothes." "The rich women in red mansions are embroidered with gold threads." Poets Li Bai and Bai Juyi used poems to add beautiful imagination to embroidery, a traditional Chinese folk handicraft with a history of more than 2000 years.

Wen Fu, Ghana's "foreign disciple", watches Hang embroidery works. Photographed by Wang Gang

Wen Fu, a "foreign disciple" from Ghana, studies Hang embroidery. Photographed by Wang Gang

Jin Feifei, a master of arts and crafts in Shaoxing and inheritor of Hangzhou embroidery techniques, has learned from Chen Shuiqin, a master of Chinese arts and crafts and a leader of Hangzhou embroidery. For more than ten years, she has used needle instead of pen and thread as ink to embroider the beautiful life of "Xiuniang" in the new era.

Overseas Chinese media representatives understand Hang embroidery works. Pictures provided by the sponsor

According to her introduction, to complete an embroidery work, you need to go through the steps of draft selection, stretching, drawing, wiring, embroidery, mounting, etc. Taking the selection of manuscripts as an example, the conventional way is to select models from traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting, while the more modern way is to combine contemporary art elements to create from scratch.

Wang Ailan, a "foreign disciple" from Indonesia, experienced Hang embroidery. Pictures provided by the sponsor

At the activity site, "foreign disciples" experienced the intangible cultural heritage project.

"These works are very interesting, like beautiful paintings, but they are embroidered from a single thread." Wen Fu, a "foreign disciple" from Ghana, said after experiencing Hangzhou embroidery that looking at the beautiful Hangzhou embroidery, "embroidery" is not simple. "Chinese craftsmen are very powerful, and I like these works very much.".

Meiyan, a foreign student from Tajikistan, knows about double-sided embroidery works. Lin Bo photography

In Shangyuli Zhijie, overseas Chinese media representatives and "foreign disciples" also learned about the blue dye technique.

Overseas Chinese media and "foreign disciples" understand blue dye production. Pictures provided by the sponsor

Blue dye works. Pictures provided by the sponsor

"This is an ancient and charming textile process. It's amazing that such a beautiful pattern can be dyed after rolling and binding." Mei Yan, an overseas student of "00 Generation" from Tajikistan, said that she not only felt the charm of traditional tie dyeing culture at a close distance, but also saw the breadth and depth of Chinese skills.

(Source: China News Network)