Changsha Guide | Visit the Hunan Embroidery Museum and feel the beauty of Hunan on the needle tip
As a traditional folk handicraft, Hunan embroidery has a history of more than 2,000 years. After continuous innovation and development by Hunan embroidery artists, it has gradually formed its own unique artistic style and is known as one of the "Four Famous Chinese Embroideries". Shaping is the birthplace of Hunan embroidery and the hometown of Hunan embroidery in China. It is located in Kaifu District, Changsha City, Hunan Province.
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Hunan embroidery has a long history. From the large number of embroidery products unearthed from the Chu Tombs of the Warring States Period in Changsha and the Western Han Dynasty Tomb of Mawangdui, we can see that the local embroidery skills in Hunan at that time had reached an astonishing level. After a long period of evolution, it has formed a unique style based on Chinese painting, integrating Western painting techniques, using nearly a hundred kinds of needle techniques and embroidery threads of various colors to give full play to the expressiveness of needle techniques on various base materials, and meticulously depicting the unique characteristics of the appearance and inner quality of objects.
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During this trip to Changsha, I stayed at the Changsha Marko Hotel and happened to come across a charity event held by the hotel. I learned about Hunan embroidery and decided to go to the Hunan Xiang Embroidery Museum to learn more about it. However, this event of the hotel is very meaningful. Changsha Mark Hotel, together with many well-known institutions such as Mango V Fund of China Social Welfare Foundation, Changsha Yichi Home, Changsha IFS, Hunan Xiang Embroidery Research Institute, high-end designer brand Lanyu, Hunan University EMBA, etc., held the "Stars Shine, Light Continues" Charity Art Exhibition and Charity Sale for Caring for Autistic Children in the Creative Space on the eighth floor of the hotel, so that more caring companies and social people can understand, accept and tolerate autistic children and families, and can help, support and approach this special group from a practical perspective. This charity sale will last until the 19th of this month. You can go to the third floor of Changsha IFS to support them.
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The Hunan Xiang Embroidery Museum has an exhibition area of about 2,000 square meters and a collection of more than 4,000 pieces. The exhibition theme is "The Beauty of Hunan on the Needle Tip", and it consists of four theme exhibition halls: The Source of Needle Tip, The Rise of Needle Tip, The Prosperity of Needle Tip, and The Dream of Needle Tip. Among these excellent works, the Hunan embroidery masterpieces such as "Lion" and "Drinking Tiger" carefully developed with the original "wool needle" won the Gold Cup Award of China Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Award, and both were selected as China Arts and Crafts National Treasures; "Yang Guifei", "Looking at the Moon" and "Group of Immortals Celebrating Birthday" developed by the company are treasured by the country.
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【Check-in information】
Hunan Embroidery Museum
Tickets: Free, reservation required (closed on Mondays)
Address: No. 39, North Station Road, Furong District, Changsha
Transportation: Metro Line 2, Changsha Railway Station Exit 6, walk about 800 meters