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  2. Chinese embroidery - Wikipedia

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    It is among the oldest known embroidery styles in Chinese embroidery history. Its raw materials are satin and colored silk, its craftsmanship painstaking and refined. The emphasis is on even stitching, delicate coloration, and local flavor. Sichuan embroidery is used to decorate quilt covers, pillowcases, garments, shoes and painted screens.

  3. Suzhou embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Suzhou embroidery, Su embroidery or Su xiu (simplified Chinese: 苏绣; traditional Chinese: 蘇繡) is the embroidery created around the city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is one of the oldest embroidery techniques in the world and is the most representative type of art in Chinese embroidery .

  4. Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

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    Chinese dragons continued to be used in the Qing dynasty in the imperial and court clothing. [1] [12] The types of dragons and their numbers of claws were regulated and prescribed by the imperial court. [1] When Chinese dragons are enclosed in roundels, they are referred as tuanlong (团龙); they can also be enclosed in mandarin square (buzi ...

  5. Xiang embroidery - Wikipedia

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    It is a general name for the embroidery products which rise from and are mostly produced at Changsha, Hunan, with distinct characteristics of Chu culture. Hunan embroidery is particularly famous in embroidering with silk thread, and the patterns have a high sense of reality.

  6. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    A common motif used in Chinese embroidery and in Chinaware. [12] The butterfly is a symbol of joy and summer. [12] It also implies long life, beauty and elegance. [6] Pair of butterflies Pair of butterflies embroidered on clothing strengthens the energy of love. [6] Love, especially young love; undying bond between lovers. [6] Cicada

  7. Sichuan embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Sichuan embroidery is one of the so-called "four great embroideries of China" along with Cantonese embroidery, Suzhou embroidery and Xiang embroidery.Throughout its history, Sichuan embroidery developed a quality of being smooth, bright, neat, and influenced by its own geographical environment, various customs and cultures, with significant foreign influences being Sasanian, Sogdian and ...

  8. Twelve Ornaments - Wikipedia

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    The Twelve Ornaments (Chinese: 十二章; pinyin: Shí'èr zhāng) are a group of ancient Chinese symbols and designs that are considered highly auspicious. They were employed in the decoration of textile fabrics in ancient China, which signified authority and power, and were embroidered on vestments of state.

  9. Chain stitch - Wikipedia

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    Chain stitch is a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern. [1] [2] Chain stitch is an ancient craft – examples of surviving Chinese chain stitch embroidery worked in silk thread have been dated to the Warring States period (5th – 3rd century BC). [3]

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