Qingyang sachet [Gansu Qingyang specialty]

What is Qingyang sachet? Authentic specialty of Qingyang, Gansu: Qingyang sachet

Summary:Do you want to know what Qingyang sachet is? This article is a detailed introduction to the specialty of Qingyang, Gansu Province - Qingyang Fragrant Bun. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Qingyang Fragrant Bun. The full text takes about 8 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Qingyang Fragrant Bun and the product characteristics of Qingyang Fragrant Bun? How did the history of Qingyang sachets come about? The production method of Qingyang sachet, etc

Basic introduction of Qingyang sachet

Qingyang sachet, also known as Chuchu, is a Han ethnic folk item in Qingyang, Gansu. According to the pattern of Paper Cuttings, various patterns are embroidered on the silk fabric with colored threads, and then sewed into different shapes. The inner core is filled with silk cotton and spices, making a small, exquisite and beautiful embroidery. This type of embroidery is also known as a purse, and in Qingyang folk culture, it is referred to as a playboy. Good luck and good fortune, wishing for blessings, warding off disasters and evil spirits, dispelling diseases and ensuring peace are the eternal themes of Qingyang sachet prayers for this vast world

The expression techniques are peculiar and diverse

The embroidery techniques of Qingyang sachet are varied, without emphasizing perspective or proportion; Not about appearance, only seeking resemblance; Exaggerated deformation, highlighting the head and body. Various animal sachets, with large head and small body, head but no tail, head but no feet, head but body but no legs, or long body and short hooves, using claws instead of legs, etc. Like a lion or tiger with shoulders, the head is generally larger than the body, with claws but no legs. It is neither a real image nor in proportion to the body, and is completely embroidered by embroidery artists based on artistic thinking

Metaphorical symbolism, using objects to express aspirations

Eliminating evil and praying for blessings is a permanent theme of Qingyang folk culture. The main expression technique of Qingyang sachet is to use metaphor and symbolism, and to express one's aspirations through objects. For example, borrowing the bravery and strength of tigers and lions, dispelling evil spirits, and protecting one's own safety; Using fish to drill lotus as a metaphor for love between men and women; Borrowing gourds and pomegranates for more seeds, hoping for more seeds and more blessings; Borrowing the names of jujube, peanut, longan, and lotus seed, taking their homophones, implies the meaning of early (jujube) giving birth to precious (cassia) seeds

Unique aesthetic perspective

It does not focus on material life, but on ideas, using imagery techniques to exaggerate shapes, transform postures, change perspectives, and create freely, which is vastly different from professional art.

. What many professional artists consider incomprehensible is reasonable and justifiable in the eyes of folk artists in Qingyang. For example, in the sachet "cat eats mouse", a few small mice are embroidered on the cat's belly. In their minds, after the cat eats the mice, the mice still live in the cat's belly. The two faced person in the sachet has a nose, eyes, and mouth on both sides of their head. This is their idealized imagination of the functions of the human facial features

The production method of Qingyang sachet

Qingyang sachet is a Han pure handmade artwork that is compatible with three-dimensional modeling and flat embroidery. The configuration is simple and rustic, and it can be divided into four types according to production techniques: "Chuchu", thread reel, three-dimensional embroidery, and flat embroidery. Chuchu ", also known as hidden needle embroidery, is characterized by hiding the needle and thread, creating a beautiful scene with both form and spirit without the needle and thread. Its process includes creativity, material selection, cutting, and shaping. The thread dish type sachet is a "Zongzi" made of various colored lines rolled into a pentagonal diamond. Its techniques include folding shells, color matching lines, coil molding, achievements (that is, the thread dish finished products are connected and hung with color spikes), etc. The sachet made in this way can be worn by people, hung in the doorway, or given to others to symbolize peace and harmony. The content of three-dimensional embroidery sachets is complex and diverse, with nearly 400 styles including single-sided hanging and accessories, double-sided hanging and accessories, three-dimensional pendants and ornaments. The production process includes composition, embroidery, color dyeing, sewing, and results. There are process steps such as appearance, shaping, back expansion, upper appearance, embroidery, shape, results, and dressing. The products emphasize resemblance rather than appearance. The style of flat embroidery sachets is solemn and profound, with a hint of elegance in their thickness. They are made using methods such as broken thread embroidery, combined thread embroidery, gathered embroidery, as well as neat needle, braided needle, drawn needle, mixed needle, snatched needle, rolled needle, coiled gold, dotted gold, and looped gold