Analysis on the Artistic Characteristics and Cultural Context of Huangmei Cross-Stitch

Contemporary Research of Chinese Traditional Handicraft

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10.2991/assehr.k.210106.121How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Huangmei cross-stitch, artistic characteristics, development and prospect

Abstract

Huangmei cross-stitch is one of the traditional handicrafts of Jingchu area in China. Huangmei cross-stitch, also called shelf cross and cross stitch. Because of its unique artistic style and charming pattern, Huangmei cross-stitch was took to be included in the first batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006 in China. People use local weaving cloth, also called Da cloth, on which forms different patterns by “一” stitch based on the warp yarn. Labor women spin, weave, dyeing, make cross-stitch and then sew a series of accessories such as turban, edge decoration on clothes, door curtain, edge decoration on mosquito net, edge decoration on sheet to beautify their life. At the beginning, cross-stich was used to sew clothes by people, and then it became a unique handmade folk art after been handed down from age to age gradually. Due to its pregnant meaning pattern design, countless changes pattern combination, delicate symmetry of the screen layout, and bright brilliant color configuration, Huangmei cross-stitch shows strong geographical characteristics. The uniform skill, unique pattern application and aesthetic taste, full of geographical characteristics of color features has formed its own unique handicraft culture character. In fact, the pattern of Huangmei cross-stitch has the most attractive characteristics, such as rich subject matter and simple composition, but the intension is metaphorical. Based on analyzing its artistic features, we hope that Huangmei cross-stitch from farming civilization can be one part of people’s lives in modern society and it will have a good inheritance and development. In the modern society, the traditional manual skills both as a kind of living culture continues to develop and get innovation, and change to integrate the needs of the times, which are giving higher requirements to Huangmei cross-stitch. Fully understanding the artistic characteristics of this traditional craft will help to contribute to improve Huangmei’s current stage of development.

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AU  - Jing Zhao
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DA  - 2021/01/06
TI  - Analysis on the Artistic Characteristics and Cultural Context of Huangmei Cross-Stitch
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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