GLOBALink | Centuries-old hair embroidery in east China's Jiangxi-Xinhua
GLOBALink | Centuries-old hair embroidery in east China's Jiangxi
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-09-20 18:55:16
NANCHANG, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Gan hair embroidery is an art form with a history of nearly 500 years that features the use of human hair as the thread in creating intricate designs on fabric. This technique is recognized as an intangible cultural heritage of east China's Jiangxi Province which is traditonally referred as "Gan" in literary ocntext.
In the hands of Tao Yonghong, the 17th generation inheritor of Gan hair embroidery-making skills, hair is such a handy tool for her as the ink and colors for a painter in depicting all sorts of objects such as landscapes, figures, flowers, and birds.
Apart from inheriting the traditions, Tao has developed many customized works, sewing memories and blessings into the embroidery works for her clients.
Tao Yonghong threads a hair through a needle to make Gan hair embroidery at an exhibition center for intangible cultural heritage in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)Tao Yonghong makes a Gan hair embroidery work at an exhibition center for intangible cultural heritage in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)Tao Yonghong (R) demonstrates Gan hair embroidery making to visitors at an exhibition center for intangible cultural heritage in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Sui Shangjun)Tao Yonghong dyes hair at her studio in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)Tao Yonghong makes a Gan hair embroidery work at an exhibition center for intangible cultural heritage in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Sui Shangjun)Tao Yonghong makes a Gan hair embroidery work themed on Tengwang Pavilion, a historic landmark, at her studio in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)A Gan hair embroidery work of Tao Yonghong, themed on an elderly couple that have been married for 50 years, is seen at her studio in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)A Gan hair embroidery work of Tao Yonghong, themed on a newly married couple whose hair were depicted with their own hair, is seen at her studio in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
