Chinese Embroidery
For millennia, silk and silk embroidery, together with spices, were the main commodities carried on the “Golden Road” to and from Samarkand. Silk has long been the raw material for the most desired fabrics ever created. Its strength, lightness, friendly to the skin feel and its ability to absorb and sustain the most brilliant color in the form of dyes, have made it the fabric of preference in all warm climates, and it remains so till today. The readiness of silk thread to take on varied hues through dyeing must have been the attraction that drew Chinese artists to use it as a medium of expression when they created their view of the World. They use the highly colored, finely divided silk threads as an artist might use paints on a canvas.
Chinese Embroidery is ancient, with its roots deep in antiquity. Embroidered silk has been discovered in some of China’s most ancient burial tombs, testifying both to the esteem in which this ancient art form was held and to its resilience to decay with the passage of time. The earliest embroideries originated in the Shang Dynasty (1766 BC – 1122 BC) of Henan province. By the time of the Han Dynasty (221BC~AD220), embroidery had become a major export commodity.
The four most popular embroidery forms are Su embroidery in Suzhou, Shu embroidery in Sichuan, Xiang embroidery in Hunan, and Yue embroidery in Guangdong. The popularity of silk embroidery is evidenced by the spread of its uses, from costumes and paintings to everyday table cloths, wall hangings, screens, clothing and many more. Embroidery has high economic value and is a traditional Chinese foreign trade product.
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