The Su Embroidery and The Yue Embroidery
1 min readThe Su Embroidery
The Su Embroidery has a history of over 2 000 years.It was turned into mass production in Song Dynasty.During the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty,the Su Embroidery was much influenced by the Japanese and Western fine arts.With traditional Chinese embroidery skills,it developed into simulated embroidery with ray effects.The Su Embroidery is known for its delicacy and elegance.Its design is usually very simple,highlighting a main theme.
The Yue Embroidery
The Yue Embroidery was fully developed in Tang Dynasty.The Yue Embroidery is rich and complicated in design with bright colors and strong decorative effects.The embroidery is characteristic of smooth and even.Though a wide range of designs,the most common ones on the Yue Embroidery are birds worshipping the Sun,the dragons andthe phoenixes.The Yue Embroidery includes the Guang and Chao branches,which are also typical of their own stitching styles.