Embroidery — Chinese Traditional Handicraft Art

The so-called embroidery art is a traditional outstanding handicraft in China. And now, the Yangzhou embroidery has been already approved to the provincial non-material cultural heritage protection list in 2006 by the local government.

Embroidery is actually a decorative fabric which should thread the silk or other fiber with a needle to the embroidery material (the basic cloth) in accordance with a certain pattern and color. It looks very simple, but a good embroidery product should take long time on embroidering it with people’s hands.

In some Chinese folk places, embroidery is very popular among people. Different areas have different embroidery styles, and some tend to dainty, elegant and strict, but some show simple and nature. We usually see this art mainly from cloth, decoration or some other sacrifice goods.

There will be embroidered with different patterns in different part of cloth, such as the cuff of shirt are usually decorated with the safe, lucky or RuYi patterns; collar is mostly embroidered lucky cloud or floral patterns. People also like to embroider patterns on bellyband, shoes, bib, hat or insole. With the development of the people’s imagination, embroidery has already developed more. It has not only used for clothing, but more items be founded on decoration goods, for example, sachets, cosmetic boxes, even some Chinese knot are adorned with embroidery patterns or some others. Browse more information or pictures about embroidery, you can move to Chinese handicraft store where has variety embroidered products and makes people feel dazzling. Let you know what a great art of embroidery!

Chinese people like to embroider different things to show their best wishes, such as tiger hats are usually presented to boys and the lotus hats are for girls, two butterflies are usually symbolized romantic love and peaches means longevity, coins are the symbol of wealth and so on.

This art will be one of the best gifts for people with its special quality. People could see the endeavor and wisdom from it. Embroidery has a long history, whether people buy the materials to embroider themselves or buy the finished products, embroidery will take people to enjoy this high value art deeply.

Know more information on Chinese handicraft, welcome to Chinese handicraft store!

By:  Venturiwang

Create Beautiful Paper Flowers With Your Child

Childhood only comes once for our little ones.  We want to make their childhood happy and memorable for them.  What can help?  One thing that can help is paper crafts, such as paper flowers.

No, not buying them and giving them to our child.  We can do much better than that – We can MAKE these beautiful, colorful creations, which are similar to origami, WITH our child.  This brings many benefits, such as:

• Remember Grandma giving us a cookie?  That was wonderful.  But remember when we MADE cookies with Grandma?  THOSE are precious, heart-warming childhood memories.  We remember those family activities with fondness.  Making paper flowers with our children as one of our hobbies gives them the same fond memories of childhood.

• Bonding.  When we engage in family activities like creating things with our young ones, we both enjoy it; and our family relationships grow much stronger and warmer.  We enjoy each others company and become much closer to each other.

• When our son or daughter designs their own paper flowers, it gives us an opportunity to praise them.  Our young ones soak up praise like a sponge.  They use it to build self esteem.  Think of all the things that happen to them in school that tend to destroy their self esteem!  This is our chance to rebuild it.

• Engaging in fun hobbies, like creating paper flowers together, opens the lines of communication.  Try this experiment.  Approach your young one; ask them how school was.  Notice how uncomfortable they are?  That face-to-face situation can come across to them as confrontation.  They immediately close up.  But then try this.  Sit down with them, engaging in a fun activity (like making paper flowers together.)  When you both are busy and not looking at each other, calmly ask them how school was.  Notice the pleasant conversation that ensues?  Notice how much more they open up to you?  They feel they are engaging in a conversation with someone who cares, not being quizzed.

• The craft of making paper flowers is safe.  Whenever our child goes to a public event, they run the risk of coming into contact with people who do not have their best interests at heart.  We worry about them.  But if they are at home, making paper flowers with us, we know they are safe.  Safety for them, no worries for us.

• We can make paper flowers any time of the year, any time of the day.  No need to halt this fun activity because of a chilly winter or a hot humid summer.  No need to wait for warm weather, for the ice rink to freeze over, or for the rain to stop.  No need to wait for a gym or club to open so we can use their facilities.

• This is a quiet activity.  It surely is good to engage with sports with our young ones.  They need to run and be active.  But they certainly need to learn to be quiet also.  When we sit down and make pretty paper flowers with them, they learn that they can have quiet fun, too.

So, paper flowers.  We have many reasons to create them with our children.  Our children and we ourselves will benefit tremendously.

By:  Jane Morris