[Explanation] Recently, in Foshan, Guangdong, the afterglow of the sun spilled into the Huangchao Embroidery Village, and Hong Kong embroiderer Huang Meizhao is still busy.
Right now, she is rushing to make a set of Chinese wedding dresses, dragon and phoenix gowns.
In 1998, Huang Meizhao studied embroidery in Hong Kong. Three generations of her husband's family were engaged in the Chinese wedding dress industry, and her husband and wife also started this sweet career.
Because he is optimistic about the huge market in the mainland, in 2006, Huang Meizhao opened the Huangchao Embroidery Village in Shunde, Foshan.
[Concurrent] Hong Kong Embroidery Niang Huang Meizhao
Since 2006, it has been seen everywhere (on the Internet) in (mainland) that it turns out that we must wear our Chinese hand-embroidered wedding dress to get married.
In the past, there were relatively few girls in the north, but there were more in the south. In the past 10 years, the number of girls in the north began to increase, so the market suddenly became much larger, and then I saw this opportunity.
[Explanation] Wearing a dragon and phoenix gown is a traditional custom for weddings in Guangdong and Hong Kong. For the dragon and phoenix gown to be passed down to this day and will last for a long time, in Huang Meizhao's view, this has nothing to do with the craftsmanship, category and rich embroidery patterns of the gown. .
[Concurrent] Hong Kong Embroidery Niang Huang Meizhao
The dragon and phoenix jacket is originally a piece of red cloth, it has already embroidered the red cloth, only gold and silver threads can be seen, this is 100% filled, the dragon must be a golden dragon, our one The cover is more golden dragon and golden phoenix. The golden dragon and golden phoenix are all three-dimensional, and then the flowers are also three-dimensional, and then this side is also from the dragon. (Why are there some green ones, they are to be embellished?) Yes, It is because there are 5 colors of lines in it, multicolored lines.
[Explanation] In Huang Meizhao's embroidery village, each set of gowns and skirts mostly feature dragon and phoenix patterns.
There are also different patterns for the gown to match: five bats mean five blessings to the door; pomegranate means many children and grandchildren; peony means flowers and wealth; cloud group means a group of harmony, reunion... In Huang Meizhao's eyes, the dragon and phoenix gown skirt It is not only a set of wedding dresses embroidered with "joy", but also a carrier of family integration and filial piety inheritance.
[Concurrent] Hong Kong Embroidery Niang Huang Meizhao
The wedding dress will be more important, because the wedding dress is a more important set, so this will be discussed with the family. The family still says the dragon and phoenix gown. If they come, they will bring their mother, or their mother-in-law, if they come Usually, the host says ok, and the bride is basically fine. For other wedding dresses, it is the bride who has the final say, so this dress is more important to them in the wedding.
[Explanation] Over the years, Huang Meizhao has also contacted some mainland businessmen.
At present, she has developed several partners in Xinjiang and Shandong.
She found that because of the cultural differences between the north and the south, mainland consumers have more and more personalized demands for dragon and phoenix gowns.
Huang Meizhao said that the dragon and phoenix gowns were introduced to Hong Kong from the mainland and are still being passed down in Hong Kong. In the future, she wants to bring the dragon and phoenix gowns to more places, so that more people can experience the beauty of Chinese wedding dresses.
[Concurrent] Hong Kong Embroidery Niang Huang Meizhao
My husband will design this dragon and phoenix coat. He thought about it at the beginning. After thinking about it, he took a blank paper to conceive it, and then he thought about it by himself, because the dragon and phoenix coat must have a dragon and a phoenix. Next, I will These dragon and phoenix gowns will be designed to be more acceptable to today's young people (styles), and after more acceptance, let these young people pass on this (dragon and phoenix gown) culture more.
Fang Weibin, Wei Jiefu, Liu Shiying, reporting from Guangdong
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]