Zhasaku embroidery on the grasslands of Ulan Maodu: hot flowers blooming on fingertips
2025-07-10
On the grasslands of Ulan Maodu in summer, the Sa Rilang flower crown, symbolizing happiness and contentment, stands tall and upward, like a blazing flame. A gentle breeze blows by, and strands of floral fragrance drift away leisurely. The nearby grasslands are not as hot as the Sari on my hometown grassland. ”Zasaktu embroidery girl Xiuyun was playing with the embroidery cultural and creative products in her hand while chatting with the reporter. Recently, reporters visited the Sarilang Women's Handicraft Professional Cooperative located in Ulaanmaodu Sumu, Keyouqian Banner, Xing'an League, Inner Mongolia, where a variety of embroidered products were displayed. In the embroidery workshop, embroiderers fly their needles and thread, and the patterns on the embroidered fabric are lifelike, such as a flower, a leaf, and a butterfly, making people unable to resist stopping and admiring. Ten fingers of spring breeze, embroidered for a thousand years. Zasaktu embroidery originated in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Zhasaktu Mongolian women living on the Xing'an Mountains recorded the cultural customs of nomadic production and life with silver needles and colored threads. Zhasaktu embroidery is generally passed down from generation to generation between mother and daughter in the family, taught by palmistry and passed down from generation to generation. ”Xiuyun told reporters that she learned her craft from her grandmother. "I started learning embroidery when I was seven or eight years old. At first, I embroidered on cloth heads, and later embroidered clothes and shoes for my family." Xiuyun said that Zhasaktu embroidery, whether it is abstract cloud patterns, loop patterns, auspicious patterns, or specific natural landscapes, flowers, plants, trees, birds, and animals, has the characteristics of exquisite workmanship, delicate and even needlework, and vivid and vivid patterns. In 2011, Zhasaktu embroidery was selected as a representative project of the third batch of intangible cultural heritage at the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region level. As the inheritor, Xiuyun is thinking about how to pass on this ancient traditional skill? In 2016, Xiuyun gathered the first batch of 16 Zhasaktu embroidery inheritors and established a cooperative named "Sarilang". After the establishment of the cooperative, Xiuyun organized embroidery women to form a service team and held more than 50 free skill training courses in local and surrounding villages, training more than 3500 farmers and herdsmen. We produce ethnic clothing, handicrafts, tourist souvenirs, etc., and integrate embroidery into modern life. Directly or indirectly leading over 1600 farmers and herdsmen to participate in the production of Zhasaku embroidery industry. For Wang Guizhen, who has nearly 20 years of embroidery experience, embroidery is an essential skill for grassland girls. We used to embroider at home, but now the cooperative provides us with a platform to exchange embroidery techniques, and by constantly adding fashion elements, we have also innovated. Combining tradition with modernity, in recent years, the cooperative has produced more than 70 types of products in the "Sarilang" series, including clothing, bedding, pillows, scarves, headwear, etc., which are highly favored by consumers. Xiuyun said that currently, the cooperative has established cooperative relationships with Beijing Haidian District and other places, as well as universities such as Beijing Forestry University, for technical exchanges and product exhibitions; Joining hands with the Inner Mongolia Women's Federation's "Busi Gui" Action Plan to establish a "Busi Gui" workshop to promote order sales. Nowadays, our Zhasaktu embroidery products are exported both domestically and internationally, and have taken to the runway of international fashion weeks. The 'Zhasaktu Traditional Double Embroidered Women's Robe' was also exhibited at the Louvre Museum in France. ”As her dreams are gradually realized, Xiuyun's happiness is beyond words. "The cooperative earns an average annual income of over 800000 yuan, and the average annual income of embroidery women is nearly 10000 yuan." Nowadays, Zhasaktu embroidery has developed to include dozens of basic contents such as embroidery, decals, machine embroidery, carving embroidery, embroidery, and mixed beauty, and the expression forms of embroidery have also evolved from tradition to diversity, openness, and fashion. Embroidered women engaged in Zhasaktu embroidery rely on traditional clothing as the basis, depict real life, integrate elements such as double-sided embroidery, calligraphy, and Chinese painting, innovate, and embroider a new life line by line. ”Xiuyun said that she loved her hometown, and preferred Sarilang's fresh beauty rather than being delicate. "I want to lead my sisters to make Zasaktu embroidery blossom like flowers." (La News Agency)
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