China News Service, Xining, April 8th: Qinghai rich female expert helps local people increase their income with "fingertip art"
Author Zhang Haiju Sun Rui
"I very much hope that the Mongolian embroidery culture can be passed down and that farmers and herdsmen women can be mobilized to do it well. This will not only increase their income, but also pass on the national culture." Gasde, Mangya City, Qinghai Province Said Siqin, the head of Du Mongolian Traditional Costume Studio.
The picture shows Siqin cutting cloth. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of Mangya Municipal Party Committee
Walking into the Gasdedu Mongolian traditional clothing studio, Siqin is gluing the cloth together with glued linings, and then cutting, drawing, wiring, embroidering, and sewing the cloth according to the style he needs.
When embroidering, the embroidery method used by Siqin is different from ordinary embroidery, but needle-winding embroidery. Winding needle embroidery uses two needles and two threads to embroider. One of the needles is a fixed thread, and the other is used for embroidery. One of the two threads is a twisted thread. The tighter the winding, the better the needle and thread. The flatter it is.
Siqin said that in 2016, she established the Gasdedu Mongolian traditional clothing studio in Mumin New Village, Huatugou Town, Mangya City. There are currently nine embroiderers in the studio. Since they are all herdsmen, they have free time. Siqin usually draws and cuts the patterns required for the order, and then assigns the embroidery parts to the embroiderers to complete. Increase their income.
The picture shows Siqin making clothes. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of Mangya Municipal Party Committee
Mangya City is located on the west side of Qaidam Basin and is the "west gate" of Qinghai Province. The proven asbestos reserves in Mangya account for one-third of China's total reserves. The subsequent discovery and exploitation of the Qinghai Oilfield also earned Mangya the reputation of "Oil City".
The picture shows Mongolian embroidery accessories. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of Mangya Municipal Party Committee
Siqin said that when he was young, he watched his grandmother and mother embroider. His uncle's family also made clothes, so he was very interested in it. When he had free time, he went to learn how to embroider from the old people in the village. With such strong interest, Siqin has won many awards in embroidery competitions. In October 2019, he was also named the inheritor of the Mongolian embroidery intangible cultural heritage of Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province. In March 2020, he was rated as Qinghai provincial-level The representative inheritor of Haixi Mongolian embroidery, an intangible cultural heritage project, was named a female expert in getting rich through science and technology in agricultural and pastoral areas of Qinghai Province in the same year.
In recent years, Mangya City has attached great importance to intangible cultural heritage work and regarded it as an important part of the integration of culture and tourism, the integration of culture and cities, and the promotion of traditional culture. Improve and build an intangible cultural heritage production and display platform, rely on the construction of third-level public cultural service venues, and set up intangible cultural heritage exhibition rooms, so that intangible cultural heritage can come to people, feel the unique charm of intangible cultural heritage, and jointly protect and promote intangible cultural heritage.
Today, Mangya City has achieved a new scene and new life in protecting the grassland under the Kunlun Mountains, increasing the efficiency of animal husbandry, and increasing the income of farmers and herdsmen. (over)