The Opportunity Of Integrating Wu Embroidery With Kirgiz Embroidery

On May 6, in bozidun village, bozidun, Wensu County, bozidun Kirgiz nationality township, Wensu County, baomeite Kirgiz women's manual embroidery farmers' professional cooperative. Buruli skake, the fourth generation representative inheritor of Kirgiz embroidery, was teaching local embroiderers to learn Wu embroidery skills.

The opportunity to integrate Wu embroidery into Kirgiz embroidery is a cultural exchange activity held by Jinhua Xinjiang aid headquarters. In April 2021, the second "double dragon plan" cultural talent training course of Jinhua aiding Xinjiang was opened in Mingyue bookstore of Jinhua intangible cultural heritage exhibition hall. Ten cultural and art backbones of Wensu county participated in the training and got close contact with intangible cultural heritage projects such as Dongyang wood carving, Jinhua paper cutting, Wu embroidery, etc. Among these ten were bululi skeke and her apprentice, bululi Aifu. During this period, the two masters and apprentices and Wu Fang Ximan, inheritor of Wu embroidery intangible cultural heritage, exchanged and studied. After consulting and studying hard, they mastered the basic skills of Wu embroidery in a few days.

Just a few days of exchange and learning brought opportunities to bululi skeke to improve her embroidery skills, and also inspired her to expand the sales of embroidery products.

Last year, a girl in the village got married. According to the local custom, the woman had to prepare bedding. The girl then found Buruli skeeck to order the bedding and hand gifts for her marriage. Bu ruli · skeke made a set of bedding and handkerchief embroidered with exquisite peony pattern by using twisted wool and silk thread, hook edge of "Pan Jin embroidery", the core technique of Wu embroidery, and traditional Kirgiz embroidery techniques. The girl looked very satisfied with the embroidery, and also gave a higher price. Since then, Buruli skake began to explore the integration of Wu embroidery with Kirgiz embroidery.

Jinhua Xinjiang aid headquarters attaches great importance to Kirgiz embroidery, a representative project of national intangible cultural heritage. Since the establishment of the cooperative, 166 embroidery machines were purchased to support its development. "Thank you very much for the help and support of Jinhua City. Now the scale of the hand embroidery market is constantly expanding. There is a lot to be done to integrate Wu embroidery into the traditional Kirgiz embroidery skills. I believe that Wu embroidery will surely blossom and bear fruit in this land." Buruli skeeck said that last year, she sold more than 1000 embroidery products, with a net income of more than 30000 yuan, making the intangible cultural heritage culture shine new luster in the collision and integration, and opened up the "flower of wealth".

(source: Aksu daily)