Paper cutting and embroidery are popular industrial art forms of China, the two are indivisible parts of Chinese folk culture. As a wonderful miracle arts culture nation Qiang Qiang embroidery, in terms of design, color, form or stitch styles, are all imbued with rich deposits of the culture of the nation's millennium old and Qiang Qiang people's ideas for life.

The author considers that the merits and meaning to dig the nation's popular embroidery and cut the paper Qiang art not only exists in art scope, for us is undoubtedly valuable and significant to learn more about the history of this nation and be aware of the relationship Qiang between folk art and other nations.

Nation Qiang, also be called "the nation stay in the clouds", especially live together in Mao County, Aba Prefecture, Wenchuan County and Li County, and the Beichuan Qiang autonomous county in the nation in Mianyang of city in Sichuan province, China. "Qiang Embroidery is a heritage of culture subsisting Qiang nation far more alive and closer to Qiang nation lives of people, also the best art communication bridge with the real world, forms, color matching and stitching styles display important characteristics Ethnic.

Qiang nation people are gorgeous dress and simple, and whether men or women in Qiang nation are all prefer to use headscarves, are accustomed to wear long linen weaving themselves, wear long dresses, coats, sheepskin vests too, and "shoes of Yunyun (a kind of embroidered shoes Qiang nation) in the feet. A variety of geometric patterns of embroidery are relatives of the women in clothes and Qiang often use silver jewelry, like earrings, silver plates and so on, and embroidered shoes, toes sharp hook. Men in general, tie hanging Qiang nation knives and leather handbags at the waist, shoes with cloth or straw sandals, and wrapping wool leggings, waist belts also tied. Today in areas close to cities and towns of the Han, affected by the clothing of the people of Han, Qiang, mostly Han Qiang wearing clothes and only wear suits on days holidays.

Through the changes of history and turns of times, with the development of Chinese cities, the favorite modern people to go after changes and curiosity for adventure, as lifestyles changed and aesthetic concepts, traditional folk embroidery appeared in the cities from the countryside gradually not only the sentiments and aspirations of the citizen members have infiltrated the art of embroidery, but also thousands of families and began to practice made by embroidery skills together.

Qiang folk art may change in response times, so of course to regain a new life. In particular, as successful in this millennium, people welcomed the opportunity and are willing to be rich, the art of embroidery should capture the popular imagination and focus on show the connotations of people waiting to pray for profit rich, good luck and safety. So, as he worked as a domestic product, Qiang embroidery could down and developed simultaneously. To do this, we conclude that there is great market potential for strengthening the national folk art and development.

In the 21st century the idea of the majority of which we have referred is to promote innovation, we believe that based on the retention of traditional essences of embroidery Qiang and integrated with our rich culture and deep deposits and modern styles, producing works in combination with elements of fashion, we can get more space comprehensive development and display unique charm Qiang embroidery art.

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