Cocoon embroidery, also known as "bansi embroidery", is named after the embroidery surface material "bansi" (cocoon pieces) used in embroidery.
Now only a few places still retain this ancient technique, such as Kaili Zhouxi, Rongjiang, Sandu and other places in Guizhou.
Compared with other embroidery, cocoon piece embroidery is unique in that cocoon piece embroidery starts from the cocoon pieces obtained by raising silkworms and weaving silk.
Zhouxi cocoon embroidery is a collection of various complicated handicrafts, such as horsetail embroidery, cloth paste, tin embroidery and other embroidery techniques, which are cleverly used by Zhouxi Miao embroiderers and gathered on their own costumes.
Cocoon piece embroidery (bansi embroidery) originated in the Shang and Zhou dynasties and flourished in the Han and Tang dynasties.
Today, one or two thousand years later, it is a miracle that this acupuncture method, which has evolved in the Central Plains and disappeared for a long time, has been relatively completely preserved in the Miao family village in the deep mountains of Guizhou.
It has not only become a valuable "living specimen" for studying the origin and development of Chinese embroidery, but also provided evidence to prove that the history and culture of the Chinese nation have a common origin.
(Yuan Chao, Yang Qian, Long Zhiliang part of the material comes from Yang Yang, Qiandongnan Financial Media Center)
Responsible editor: [Lu Yan]