Folk embroidery (Lianshui fabric art) is an extension of the traditional art category of the sixth batch of representative projects of the municipal intangible cultural heritage of Huai'an City. Historical evolution and distribution Folk embroidery (Lianshui fabric art) is mainly used for clothing, shoes and hats, bed curtains, pendants, toys, etc. It is a comprehensive art that uses cloth as raw material and integrates folk paper-cutting, embroidery, and production techniques. "The picture must have meaning, and the meaning must be auspicious", with distinctive artistic characteristics. Lianshui County has a pleasant climate and four distinct seasons. The county has hundreds of miles of flat plains and no mountains as high as a fist. It has a long history and profound cultural heritage. The Qingliangang and Sanlidun cultures have laid the foundation for the development of fabric art, a folk handicraft. Especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the society's requirements for women and the husband's family's standards for choosing a wife were all measured in four aspects: "morality, speech, appearance, and work", and "work" refers to women's work. Lianshui folk embroidery (Lianshui fabric art) is mainly distributed in many towns such as Hongyao, Liancheng, Zhuma, Gaogou, Dadong, and Tangji. The inheritance method is mostly from mother to daughter or from mother-in-law to daughter-in-law, and it is passed down orally and taught by heart. Basic content and value Traditional handmade fabrics have various forms and contents, and weaving, knitting, sewing, embroidery, patchwork, appliqué embroidery, flower cutting, starch dyeing, etc. are called "women's red". All traditional skills made by women by hand are called "women's red". The characteristics are that they pay attention to the right time, the right place, the beauty of materials and the skillful hands, and are passed down from mother to daughter, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law from generation to generation. The main tools of Lianshui fabric art are scissors, rulers, needles, and various colored silk threads. The product categories include shoes and hats (wedding shoes, embroidered shoes, longevity shoes, tiger shoes, tiger hats, etc.), puppet toys (flowers, birds, fish, insects, various pendants, animals, characters, hydrangeas, etc.). "The picture must have meaning, and the meaning must be auspicious." The style may be delicate and elegant, light and clean; or rough and bold, with bright colors, creating countless touching fabric works. Use patterns of flowers, insects, birds, plants, etc. to express the good wishes of praying for good luck and avoiding misfortune; use "blessings, wealth, and longevity" to wish the elderly a long and healthy life; use patterns of tigers and "five poisons" (scorpions, snakes, centipedes, geckos, and toads) to ward off evil and hope that children will be as strong as little tigers; use patterns of mandarin ducks playing in the water, lotus (lian) giving birth to a son, and carp making trouble in the lotus to hope for a happy family and a harmonious marriage. As a part of Chinese traditional culture, fabric art has its unique charm and is inseparable from people's daily life. It can also arouse people's sense of identity and belonging, and has a positive role in promoting and revitalizing excellent traditional culture. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)