Embroidery origin

Chinese embroidery originated 3,000 years ago, the legendary ancient Suzhou had a pretty intelligent girl, before the marriage is working on a new dowry, in the production process accidentally poked a hole on the skirt. She Jizhongshengzhi a flower with colored needlepoint, not only masked the hole, but also extraordinarily beautiful, and played even better results. First inspiration, Suzhou wise this started to like to wear embroidered clothes. According to the Western Han Dynasty Liu Xiang relegated, "said Yuan" records, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu people began to embroidery applied to beautify life. To the Three Kingdoms period, embroidery has been developed to a higher level, said to Mrs. Zhao Three Kingdoms period both painting and can use their expertise embroidery, as Sun Quan made a "painting embroidery", is when the person called "the needle must" Mrs. Zhao thus became "embroidered painting," the originator. Embroidery embroidery linen embroidered text, found in the Book. When Shun, the existing embroidery. Dongzhou officer has been specially set up their duties, to the Han court already embroidered. Three Mrs. Zhao Wu Sun Quan embroidery mountain terrain makes military array map, Tang Yongzhen reign (AD 805) lumeiniang seven volumes to the Lotus Sutra, embroidered above the foot silk, embroidery is famous because, seen in the former the records. Since the Han Dynasty, embroidered becoming boudoir Jueyi, famous embroidery house in art history also accounted for a place.