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<p><italic>Jinnan</italic> (<italic>Southern Shanxi</italic>) embroidery is a traditional Chinese folk handicraft. In this study, we collected a large number of historical resources and theoretical materials of <italic>Jinnan</italic> embroidery and randomly sampled 100 works as research objects. These works were compared, and the artistic expression and implication in these works were analysed. We found that animal patterns are the main object of <italic>Jinnan</italic> embroidery and that the colour scheme in <italic>Jinnan</italic> embroidery is simple, with red and yellow as the main colours. After an in-depth analysis of their theme and value, the embroidery patterns were shown to convey totem worship, reproduction worship and auspicious worship, reflecting the long-term aesthetic concepts and living customs in southern <italic>Shanxi</italic>.</p>
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Jinnan (Southern Shanxi) embroidery is a traditional Chinese folk handicraft. In this study, we collected a large number of historical resources and theoretical materials of Jinnan embroidery and randomly sampled 100 works as research objects. These works were compared, and the artistic expression and implication in these works were analysed. We found that animal patterns are the main object of Jinnan embroidery and that the colour scheme in Jinnan embroidery is simple, with red and yellow as the main colours. After an in-depth analysis of their theme and value, the embroidery patterns were shown to convey totem worship, reproduction worship and auspicious worship, reflecting the long-term aesthetic concepts and living customs in southern Shanxi.

Decorative Image and Cultural Implication of Embroidery in Jinnan (Southern Shanxi)

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Jinnan (Southern Shanxi) embroidery is a traditional Chinese folk handicraft. In this study, we collected a large number of historical resources and...

Decorative Image and Cultural Implication of Embroidery in Jinnan (Southern Shanxi)

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 02, 2022

Page range: 112 - 122

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ftee-2022-0014

Keywords
embroidery, decorative image, cultural implication

© 2022 Yi Wu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Decorative Image and Cultural Implication of Embroidery in Jinnan (Southern Shanxi)

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 02, 2022

Page range: 112 - 122

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ftee-2022-0014

Keywordsembroidery, decorative image, cultural implication

© 2022 Yi Wu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
embroidery, decorative image, cultural implication