Yang Yaqin and Her Family · Jinnan Embroidery Cloth Art
In Ruicheng, "Shanxi Folk Art Master" Yang Yaqin's home, colorful fabrics, scissors, needles and other tools for embroidery, silk, buckwheat hulls, sawdust (wood shavings), and other fillers, as well as finished or semi-finished fabrics, shocking is that the glass display case of a piece of fine work, a tiger in various forms, realistic image, or mighty and strong, resolute and brave, or naive and gentle and lovely. A tiger in different forms, a realistic image, or powerful and strong, resolute and brave, or naive and innocent, gentle and lovely.
Cloth art refers to the art of cloth, which is a magnificent wonder among Chinese folk crafts in ancient times. Sewing and embroidery are called "women's red" in Chinese folklore, and the hardworking and intelligent Chinese women poured their beautiful emotions into the sewing, and the style was either delicate and delicate, clean and elegant; or rough and bold, brightly colored, creating countless exciting works of cloth art.
Yang Yaqin was born in Ruicheng County, known as the hometown of embroidery, Ximo Town, Ruicheng County, Pak She Village, by a good embroidery grandmother and mother cultivation, since childhood, loved to make traditional folk handmade cloth toys, embroidery dowry, and young children's good luck clothing cloth. Now under the influence of his daughter also joined the ranks of cloth heritage, and can be said to be three generations of grandparents and grandchildren.
Yang Yaqin's tiger cloth art is elegantly shaped, full of imagination, and colorful. They are elegant, simple, and bright colors, realistic and lovely images, and natural interest! With big red and yellow, brightly coloured cotton or silk when the outer skin, in addition to the tiger's head the word king can represent the tiger's identity as the king of the beasts, the round convex eyes, straight up ears, exaggerated upturned tail, short legs, and cats are not far from it can make people feel the tiger's mighty and majestic, but also to make people feel that the cat's naïve and naïve; can make people feel the tiger's resolute and courageous, but also to the taste of the cat's tenderness and loveliness.
Yang Yaqin is also an expert in sewing Rui Shi. She said, "Rui lion is also harmonic 'Rui lion', the cloth lion from Ruicheng, listening to the name, we know that it is a kind of good luck, and can bring good luck for people's auspicious crafts." Yang Yaqin in the traditional Ruicheng Rui lion style, originally "shaking head lion". How to make the lion shake its head? This is the shaking head lion is the most different place, but also Yang Yaqin's original. She used a wire to wrap the middle section into a spiral, the top end through the middle of the lion's head, nestled into a circle, stuck in the cloth. "This is exactly where the lion's nose is, and when the nose is sewn on, it blocks the wire circle." Yaqin Yang said. The lower end of the wire, on the other hand, goes from the lion's neck, and the whole thing is inserted diagonally into the lion's body, and a few more stitches are made to hold the head and body slightly in place. The tail is done in the same way as the head, and after it is sewn on, the lion wags its head and tail, which is very cute.
Now Yang Yaqin is a member of the China Folk Literature and Artists Association, China Arts and Crafts Association, Shanxi Arts and Crafts, Tourism Souvenir Production and Management Association, and Shanxi Folk Art Master. Yang Yaqin's cloth art shows traditional art in practicality and highlights traditional Chinese culture, which is more and more highly evaluated and widely praised by society.
Yang Yaqin and her family