Boudoir Embroidery - Qing Dynasty Embroidery Exhibition on Qixi Festival appeared in the collection of Putuo Cultural Museum | Putuo District | Cultural Museum
"Boudoir Embroidery - Qing Dynasty Embroidery Exhibition on Qixi Festival" opened on August 20 in the city creative space on the first floor of Putuo District Cultural Museum. The exhibition selects nearly a hundred embroidered dresses, accessories, cloud shoulders, and sleeves from the Qing Dynasty, adopting a "one poem, one object" exhibition model. From the Tang and Song dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties, from poetry to embroidery, it showcases the inheritance and inheritance of Chinese culture.
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Qixi, also known as Qiqiao Festival and Daughter's Day. In ancient times, there was a traditional activity of watching the moon and worshiping the weaving girl, begging for ingenuity and fighting for ingenuity. Today, the Putuo District Cultural Museum has organized a unique weaving and embroidery exhibition with the theme of "Qixi". It uses six units, namely "Qixi and love", "between the hands", "two feet of elegance", "cloud like clothes", "swaying appearance" and "networking", to let the citizens feel the charm of the weaving and embroidery culture. Zhong Jingwei, the director of the Putuo District Cultural Center, said, "Embroidery and poetry are representatives of excellent traditional Chinese culture. Combining these two elements to complement and interpret each other helps the audience understand the exhibits, and also makes the exhibition more down-to-earth and visually appealing."
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In the "Cloud Thinking Clothes" section, various styles of cloud shoulders are displayed, such as four in one willow leaf, split cloud shoulders, octagonal cloud shoulders, and striped cloud shoulders, like auspicious clouds floating on the shoulders, reflecting the sun with clouds and clouds. Curator Chen Fei introduced that although the cloud shoulder is small, it is exquisite and complex. A beautiful cloud shoulder takes a long time to complete, which well reflects the exquisite weaving and embroidery skills of ancient women.
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Gao Chunming, President of the Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Association and expert in the study of Chinese clothing history, said that this weaving and embroidery collection exhibition is rare. Due to the difficulty in preserving silk fabrics, there are very few collections left in the world. "The exhibition helps citizens understand the ancient people's lifestyle and aesthetic taste, feel the craftsmanship spirit of folk artists, and inspire contemporary young people engaged in cultural and artistic design industries in traditional culture."
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"Embroidery collections are usually exhibited in museums, and I was pleasantly surprised to see such an exhibition at the Putuo District Cultural Museum this time." Bao Yanli, a research librarian and embroidery expert at the Shanghai Museum, believes that the more than 100 collections in this exhibition are mainly fine daily embroidery, presenting various embroidery techniques such as colored embroidery, seed embroidery, lock embroidery, and tapestry, and have achieved certain artistic achievements. "Compared to the exquisite art collections in museums, these daily embroideries are more closely related to people's lives, combined with cultural promotion through poetry, which can bring good cultural enjoyment to citizens."
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The exhibition will be held at the Putuo District Cultural Museum until September 15th and will be open to the public for free.