Lianzhou is now Lianzhou City of Guangdong Province, located in the west of Guangdong Province, at the junction of Guangdong, Hunan and Guangxi. Lianzhou is a famous historical and cultural city in Guangdong Province. In the early Western Han Dynasty (183 B.C.), the county was established, and in the tenth year of the Sui Dynasty (590 A.D.), the state was established, which was called Lianzhou. Lianzhou has a unique location, convenient transportation, active commerce and trade. In history, it has formed a provincial commodity trade distribution center, which is a bridge between North and South commerce and circulation, and has been the main channel of China's inland and coastal areas since ancient times.
Lianzhou embroidery has a long history. Folk customs, a woman's boudoir essential basic skills include textile, sewing, embroidery. From their childhood, they learned to embroider, starting with simple cross flowers and lotus root flowers, and gradually practiced flowers, birds, insects, fish and landscape figures thoroughly, until they would embroider on the upper of cloth shoes worn by cutting thatch on their own mountain, and cut and paste the ears, eyes and nose of the cat on the toe of the doll's shoes; on the lapels, aprons and cloth bags, they pricked delicate flowers, green leaves and simple and charming movements Material, is learning to become, eligible to marry.
In winter, the big girl and little daughter-in-law pick flowers together so that they can wear beautiful new clothes for the new year. Pieces of needlework have come out to meet the festival. Red, yellow, green, white and other silk threads interweave flowers, animals and patterns, which are suitable for gathering and scattering. In simple repetition and symmetry, they reflect the simple, beautiful and elegant style.
Gradually Lianzhou embroidery became an industry. When advanced materials such as silk and satin, gold and silver thread, pearl chain and so on entered the embroidery industry, this simple and unsophisticated skill finally came into being and became associated with art. A red cheongsam, embroidered with mandarin ducks and splashing in the water, with butterflies and flowers in color, makes the Oriental bride more shy and beautiful. The ancient and elegant black silk cheongsam has pine, cypress, plum and hale deer, which makes the longevity star energetic and radiant.
Lianzhou embroidery artists have also successfully saved Guangdong's endangered gold and silver embroidery technology, making it glow with pride. In the embroidery process, gold and silver embroidery is the most popular. On the slippery silk cloth, gold and silver threads are put first, cotton is put in the middle, and wool is added below. The embroidered women pay attention to the needle. They are engaged in artistic creation. In a sense, they are all embroidery artists.
Lianzhou pearl embroidered cheongsam, velvet embroidered Spanish shawls, velvet handbags, gold and silver colored embroidered * mats, Japanese kimono belts, etc. are all export-oriented products of high quality, which are deeply loved by people.