The China Textile Federation’s inspection delegation to Guizhou Miao embroidery industry visited Jianhe and Taijiang

The China Textile Federation’s inspection delegation to Guizhou Miao Embroidery Industry visited Jianhe and Taijiang

On July 13, more than 30 people from the China Textile Industry Federation went to Guizhou Miao embroidery industry to visit Jianhe and Taijiang and visited the Miao people. Long Nu Sanjiu, the national representative inheritor of tin embroidery and China’s textile intangible cultural heritage promotion ambassador, and Jiang Wenying, the national representative inheritor of Miao paper-cutting; visited the Taijiang Miao Embroidery Museum, Mama Made Taijiang Miao Embroidery Handmade Cooperative, Taijiang County Haodeng National Silver Jewelry Embroidery Co., Ltd.

The third stop

Jianhe County

On July 13, a delegation of more than 30 people from the China National Textile and Apparel Council to Guizhou Miao Embroidery Industry came to the third stop – Jianhe County and visited the national representative inheritor of Miao tin embroidery and China’s textile intangible cultural heritage Promotion ambassador Long Nu Sanjiu, and Jiang Wenying, a national representative inheritor of Miao paper-cutting.

Jianhe Miao tin embroidery is a unique embroidery method among Miao embroideries. It is also a unique embroidery method in the world. It is mainly distributed in Nanzhai, Mindong, Guanmo and other towns in Jianhe County. It has been spread for five years. Six hundred years. Miao tin embroidery uses navy blue cotton fabric as the carrier. First, cotton thread is used to thread and stitch the cloth according to traditional patterns, and then metal tin wire strips are embroidered into the pattern, and then four-color silk threads of black, red, blue and green are used. Embroider colorful flowers into the gaps in the pattern. Tin embroidery has unique craftsmanship, fine workmanship, clear patterns, complex workmanship and special materials. It has extremely high appreciation and collection value.

In the Dragon Girl Sanjiu Workshop, some embroiderers wearing tin embroidery costumes were giving a live demonstration to the inspection group through hand embroidery. Longnu Sanjiu introduced the patterns, craft characteristics, technical processes and cultural connotations of Miao tin embroidery in detail to the delegation. With the changes in the living environment, the development of social economy and the particularity of materials and techniques, the Miao traditional tin embroidery has also experienced a serious crisis in the inheritance of skills, and the symbolic language, cultural significance and artistic value of its patterns are gradually being lost. In 2006, Jianhe County Miao tin embroidery was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.

As an inheritor, Longnu Sanjiu always puts the inheritance of Miao tin embroidery first. In 2012, with the help of the local government, she united with the embroidery girls in the village to establish a tin embroidery studio that integrates the teaching of skills, design, processing and sales, making tin embroidery, a “unique skill in embroidery” on the verge of disappearing, available The new vitality has also helped many registered poor households to get out of poverty. Members of the delegation expressed deep admiration for Longnu Sanjiu’s ingenuity and superb skills.

Among the Miao people, the art of paper-cutting is very popular. A Miao embroidery work with a story and complex patterns must have a good paper-cut pattern as a basis before it is released. The Miao culture is inherited not only through embroidery, but also through paper-cutting skills with scissors. In Jianhe, the delegation visited Jiang Wenying, a national representative inheritor of Miao paper-cutting.

Jiang Wenying learned Miao paper-cutting from her grandmother and mother since she was a child. After more than thirty years of practice, her paper-cutting skills are famous in the Qingshui River area of ​​Jianhe County. Her works have full compositions, simple and naive shapes, and have strong ethnic and local characteristics. . In 2013, she teamed up with more than 40 embroiderers to start a business and established the Jianhe County Miao Paper-cutting Art Garden, which created more than 200 people in the surrounding area to beemployed. The products are exported to the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy. and other countries, with an annual income of more than 1 million yuan. Jiang Wenying was selected into the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative project inheritors in 2017. In December 2020, she was named a 2020 Guizhou Provincial Model Worker. In her busy schedule, she also regularly teaches Miao paper-cutting skills in primary and secondary schools. , is the leader and defender of intangible cultural heritage on campus, and has cultivated new forces that inherit traditional paper-cutting skills.

The fourth stop

Taijiang County

The Miao population in Taijiang County accounts for 97% of the total population in Taijiang County. It is known as the “number one Miao county in the world” and has extremely rich resources for Miao embroidery projects. The China National Textile and Apparel Federation’s delegation to Guizhou Miao embroidery industry arrived at the fourth stop of the investigation – Taijiang County.

Accompanied by Wu Xiuqiong, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Taijiang County People’s Congress, Zhou Wenlun, deputy head of the county people’s government, Feng Jinguo, director of the county culture, sports, radio, television and tourism bureau and others, the research team visited the Taijiang Miao Embroidery Museum, Mother Made in Taijiang Miao Embroidery Handmade Cooperative, Taijiang County Haodeng National Silver Jewelry Embroidery Co., Ltd.

The Taijiang Miao Embroidery Museum is a cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level in Guizhou, with a total area of ​​1,570 square meters, 11 existing exhibition rooms, and 533 exhibits. It mainly displays embroidery pieces and embroidery pieces of nine different branches of the Miao people in Taijiang County. Miao paper-cutting crafts, brocade weaving and Miao costumes, etc., are divided into picture exhibition room, embroidery exhibition room, embroidery exhibition room, weaving, dyeing and embroidery process and related tools and utensils exhibition room. The exhibition hall systematically displays various stitching techniques of the nine branches of the Miao people, such as flat embroidery, crepe embroidery, braid embroidery, seed embroidery, pile embroidery and cross stitch, etc. These techniques not only reflect the original religious beliefs of the Miao people, but also illustrate the The worship of vines and their admiration for nature and love for life and other diverse cultures also express the Miao people’s original concept of animism and the brotherhood and brotherhood between humans and all things. Director Feng Jinguo’s wonderful explanation unveiled the “mysterious veil” of Guizhou Miao embroidery to the delegation members.

Mom Made Taijiang Miao Handicraft Cooperative was established in April 2019. The Taijiang County People’s Government and the China Women’s Foundation reached a framework agreement. Yuhang District, Hangzhou City invested 3 million yuan in assistance funds, and cooperated with the China Women’s Development Foundation The cooperation in the “Made by Mom” ​​project is a typical example of college students’ entrepreneurship. Through five measures including design support, brand promotion, market introduction, platform construction, and skills training, the company adopts the “one company, multiple workshops and mass creation” business model to help the development of Taijiang’s embroidery industry. The cooperative signed more than 30 million yuan of production orders with Wang’s Handicraft, Alley Sanxun, Sheep Herding Class, etc.; it established sales channels such as Douyin, Taobao, and Weidian, and carried out online live broadcasts to bring goods, achieving both online and offline efforts and broadening market sales. channel. So far, the cooperative has attracted more than 1,000 women to participate and signed interest association agreements with 360 disabled and poor women.

Taijiang County Haodeng Ethnic Silver Jewelry Embroidery Co., Ltd. takes the inheritance and development of Miao embroidery skills as its mission and has a collection of more than 1,200 pieces of ethnic costumes and embroidery pieces from different eras. Through long-term cooperation with the contracted embroidery girls, we have developed Miao embroidery handbags, Miao embroidery notebooks, Miao embroidery sachets, Miao embroidery scarves and various accessories. The products are simple and fashionable, beautiful and practical, and are popular in various provinces, states and counties. It has received praise from experts and won awards many times in various competitions. In March 2019, company legal person Shi Chuanying represented Guizhou Miao embroidery to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to participate in the International Women’s Day commemoration event. Cooperation with Italian and French brands. More than 20 kinds of Miao embroidery products have been developed, including cheongsams, windbreakers, women’s boots, bags, etc. It has successfully allowed Miao embroidery to go abroad and enter the European market, allowing the world to understand the charm of Miao embroidery.

After the day’s research work, the relevant leaders of the Taijiang County People’s Government and the inspection team held an exchange meeting on the China Textile Federation’s investigation of the industrialization development of Miao embroidery in Taijiang County.

The China Textile Federation’s inspection delegation to Guizhou’s Miao embroidery industry, led by Sun Huaibin, vice president of the China Textile and Apparel Federation, met with Huang Yuanping, member of the party committee, director and deputy general manager of Colorful Guizhou Cultural Industry Group, Colorful Guizhou Scenic Eyes Cultural and Creative Industries More than 40 people attended the symposium, including Peng Yang, executive director of the Park Management Co., Ltd., Wu Xiuqiong, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Taijiang County People’s Congress, Zhou Wenlun, deputy head of the county people’s government, and Feng Jinguo, director of the county Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau.

After the leaders of the Taijiang County People’s Government systematically introduced the advantages and current situation of the development of the Miao embroidery industry in Taijiang County, members of the research team expressed their opinions on the problems faced by the development of the Miao embroidery industry in Taijiang County. Based on the visit experience during the survey, The interviews focused on cooperation between institutions, talent cultivation, brand building, publicity and promotion, channel platforms, industrial energy gathering, building local IP, “Go out and bring in” as well as practical suggestions on how to empower Taijiang Miao embroidery.