Recently, the fourth Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Anhui intangible cultural heritage joint exhibition was successfully concluded in Xuancheng, Anhui Province. On the same day, 11 intangible cultural heritage projects in Hunan Province made a surprise appearance, among which the Dabujiang Patchwork Embroidery in Yongxing County became a bright "Star" in the joint exhibition of intangible cultural heritage of four provinces.

A child was deeply attracted by a work in Dabujiang Patchwork Embroidery Exhibition Area.

Dabujiang patchwork art originated in Han Dynasty and prevailed in Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. It is a kind of original ecological plastic art popular among the people, with unique expression techniques and artistic language. In the south of Hunan, people took cloth as the carrier, using different colors of cloth to make patterns, expressing their cognition of life and things, and their wishes and expectations for a better future.

Dabujiang Patchwork Embroidered Handbag

The characteristics of Dabujiang patchwork embroidery are full composition, bold color, exaggeration and skillful and changeable needle techniques, which was listed as the intangible cultural heritage protection project in 2009. The heiress He Juan began to devote herself to the inheritance and development of the project from 2009, picking up this near lost skill, making a bold breakthrough in the traditional field, and integrating it with fashion, high-end hang painting art and other modern life products.

Dabujiang patchwork embroidery was listed in the intangible cultural heritage protection list of Hunan Province in 2012; in 2015, it won the first batch of "the most beautiful, rare and old crafts" in Hunan Province and one of the "most potential traditional crafts projects" in Hunan Province; as the only representative of Chenzhou City, it was recommended by the Department of Culture of Hunan Province to participate in international cultural exchanges in Australia. In 2016 and 2017, it was recommended by the Provincial Department of Commerce to participate in Paris International Exhibition and Milan International Handicraft Expo. In 2018, it was listed as Hunan time-honored brand.

A visitor uses his mobile phone to take photos of his favorite embroidered works of Dabujiang patchwork.

In recent years, the development of patchwork embroidery innovation industry, through the integration of culture and tourism and targeted poverty alleviation, has taken the forms of "intangible cultural heritage + poverty alleviation" and "intangible cultural heritage + tourism", greatly promoting the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, and effectively promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture.

The heiress He Juan (first from the right) explains the cultural knowledge of Dabujiang patchwork embroidery exhibition works to the visitors.

In this joint exhibition, the works of Dabujiang patchwork embroidery were rich and colorful, including high-end art hanging pictures, daily handbags, children's articles, etc., attracting many tourists to come to appreciate, purchase and negotiate.