Beijing Embroidery
Beijing embroidery is a traditional art of Fangshan District, Beijing and Dingxing County, Hebei Province, and one of the national intangible cultural heritages. The history of Beijing embroidery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. It flourished during the Liao Dynasty, and an embroidery academy was set up in Yanjing. After the Yuan Dynasty established its capital in Beijing, with the social stability and economic development of the feudal dynasty, the court gathered excellent craftsmen from all over China to Beijing in order to better serve it, so that this skill was further improved. After the Ming Dynasty, the characteristics of the needlework, skills, labor, materials, patterns and patterns of court embroidery became more distinct, and the number of embroidery personnel increased day by day. In the Qing Dynasty, the palace set up a special "embroidery bureau". During this period, palace embroidery integrated various excellent Chinese embroidery techniques, carried forward its own characteristics, and became a unique representative embroidery. Especially during the Guangxu period, it was famous at home and abroad, and was known for its exquisite materials and elegant style. The characteristics of Beijing embroidery in color are bright colors of embroidery threads, and its colors are similar to the pastels and enamels in porcelain. When it comes to flatness, fineness, uniformity and lightness, Beijing embroidery even surpasses Suzhou embroidery.