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During the reign of Kangxi, a super local tyrant appeared in Qixia City, Shandong Province. This person is Mou. In the first year of Yongzheng, Mou began to build Mu's manor, with more than 5,500 properties, about 60,000 mu of land, and 6,543.8+0.2 million mu of land (small series estimated that it was a mountain), which was called an ancient super mansion. Today, there are still more than 480 halls and pavilions, covering an area of 20,000 square meters. It is the largest and best-preserved manor in China.
The fifth year after the completion of Mouzhuang is Mou's 60th birthday. For such a wealthy family, this is a great event. Celebrities from all walks of life in Shandong began to prepare birthday gifts for Master Mou after hearing about it.
Mou and his wife have been together for decades and have always respected her. The old lady attaches great importance to Mou's birthday and is considering sending a special birthday present. But the old lady knows that there are all kinds of rare treasures at home, and she is tired of watching them. It is better to give her a needlework that can be hung indoors to enhance the friendship between husband and wife and add luster to Moujia.
When she was young, Mrs. Mou was also a good family. She is very good at embroidery, but because she is too old to embroider top embroidery treasures in a short time, she thought of hiring an embroidery master to complete this "amazing work" for herself.
Mrs. Mou called the embroidered ladies in the house to explain her thoughts to everyone, but no one dared to answer, because all the women in the house were self-aware, and their embroidery skills were personally pointed out by the old lady. The old lady herself is not sure about embroidered birthday presents, let alone them.
At this moment, the maid in the mansion stood up and said, "Madam, why don't you invite a Hunan woman to have a try?"? Hunan Xiang embroidery is famous for its beauty! " After this reminder, the old lady was suddenly enlightened.
Hunan Xiang embroidery is famous at home and abroad, and it is also one of the four famous embroideries in China. It is characterized by picturesque embroidery and rich layers. It is an embroidery technique developed on the basis of Suzhou embroidery and Guangdong embroidery.
The old lady also appreciated Xiang embroidery, so she immediately sent servants to Hunan to find embroidery craftsmen with extra money. As the saying goes, "Money makes the mare go." It only took half a month, and the servants brought back 10 more Hunan embroidery women. Under the selection of the old ladies one by one, four women were finally selected to stay, and all the other women were sent home with travel expenses and rewards.
After being left behind, the four embroiderers were very excited, because it was not only an affirmation of their embroidery skills, but also a generous silver reward. However, after hearing the old lady's plan, they suddenly felt a little overwhelmed, because the old lady wanted to embroider an embroidery as beautiful as a flower.
What is the solution to "flowers are like words"? In fact, it is the "magic" embroidery that looks like flowers and characters from a distance. Seeing the embarrassment of the four embroiderers, the old lady said, "When I was young, Master taught me, and I had the honor of seeing it once." Then she told the embroiderer the main points of embroidery technology.
Embroidery woman herself is a master of embroidery. After their guidance, they really suddenly realized and immediately began to embroider. Embroidery women worked day and night and embroidered 27 peonies with different colors and shapes with 1000 multi-color silk thread. What's more, when the embroidery is viewed from a distance, many peony flowers form a huge word "longevity", which not only contains the good fortune of blooming, but also carries the good intentions of longevity and corning. The old lady was also very satisfied with embroidery, so she named it "Shouyi".
In ancient China, our ancestors created different schools of embroidery with their superb wisdom and unique creativity. Besides Suzhou embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Yue embroidery and Shu embroidery, there are also Beijing embroidery, Lu embroidery, Bian embroidery, Ou embroidery, Hang embroidery, Han embroidery and Min embroidery. The ingenious ancients embroidered many exquisite works with a small embroidery needle, and even many of them have been passed down to this day and are admired by future generations.
Among the embroidery works, the most famous ones are Embroidered Guanyin Statue, Bird Map of Meizhu Mountain and Eagle Map. Embroidering Guanyin Statue was written by Guan Zhongji, the wife of Zhao Mengfu, a calligrapher in Yuan Dynasty. The main material is Guan Zhongmin's own hair. Guanyin in embroidery is kind-hearted, like a saint, showing the author's superb embroidery skills.
The birds and eagles in Meizhushan are works of the Song Dynasty. The embroidery methods used are colored thread embroidery and vignetting. Embroidery pays attention to details, and even the feathers of birds in the works are very delicate, lifelike and full of spirituality.
In the traditional concept of the ancients, "Fu, Lu and Shou" are auspicious words on weekdays, which are very grounded. Because of this, in contrast, Shou's manor life is closer to life than the above three works. "Looking at longevity and flowers from a distance" is the magic of the first art, which makes people yearn for a better life while enjoying the art. This work is worthy of the title of "practical art" in embroidery works.