Reborn Jewelry

Chapter 363 Twelve Gold Hairpins Beijing Embroidery

Twelve nobiles embroidery?
Is this the real name of this embroidery drawing?
Both Chu Ning and Meng Dongyue were a little surprised.

Originally, they all thought that Chu Yinglue knew nothing about embroidery, but judging from the current situation, not only did Chu Yinglue know something about embroidery, but he also seemed to know the true origin of this embroidery picture?

"Dad, what is the embroidery picture of twelve golden hairpins?" Chu Ning squeezed beside her father and asked, "Is this the one in front of us?"

Meng Dongyue also looked like a curious baby.

"It's no wonder you don't know." Chu Yinglue said with emotion, "This embroidery picture is something in legends. Many people think that such a picture does not exist in the world. In addition, it has not been born for a long time, and gradually , even fewer people know of its existence.”

He gently stroked every needle and thread on the embroidery pattern, as if it was a fragile glass product under his hands, and even his breathing was much lighter than usual.

Is this embroidery picture really so important?

Chu Ning felt a little embarrassed by her clumsy eyesight.

"Master, don't be a fool." The impatient Meng Dongyue urged, "Tell us quickly, what is this thing!"

This silly apprentice can't hold his breath at all!
Chu Ying slightly glared at Meng Dongyue.

Meng Dongyue chuckled, not afraid at all.

Although Chu Yinglue wanted to clean up his little apprentice, but considering the presence of his obedient daughter, he better not do such a rude thing.

"This embroidery picture is called the Twelve Gold Hairpins Embroidery Picture. In fact, you should be very familiar with the twelve gold hairpins." Chu Yinglue pointed out.

Twelve gold hairpins?

A flash of inspiration flashed in Chu Ning's mind, and she blurted out, "Is it the Twelve Gold Hairpins of Jinling in "A Dream of Red Mansions"?!"

Chu Ying slightly smiled.

Meng Dongyue suddenly realized.

The Twelve Hairpins of Jinling is a character in "A Dream of Red Mansions", which has a main volume, a side volume, and another side volume.

Each volume has exactly 12 people.

And the twelve golden hairpins refer to the twelve in the official book.

"Dream of Red Mansions" is the first of the four great classics in ancient my country. The reputation of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling has also spread with the spread of "Dream of Red Mansions", and it is known all over the world.

Nowadays, when mentioning the twelve beauties, many people will think of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling.

Chu Ning had thought about it before, but this embroidery picture was so exquisite that it was hard for her to imagine that after the Qing Dynasty, there would still be people who used such exquisite skills to draw such patterns.

"It seems that you all remembered." Chu Ying said with a sigh, "This embroidery picture is not ordinary embroidery. It is a rare Beijing embroidery!"

Beijing embroidery is a general term for embroidery products centered on the capital city.It originated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but it flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and was mostly used in the court.

Therefore, Beijing embroidery also has another name, palace embroidery.

Beijing embroidery is one of the "Eight Wonders of Yanjing" with exquisite materials, elegant style and gorgeous and luxurious colors.

Yanjing Bajue refers to the eight crafts of cloisonne, jade carving, ivory carving, carved lacquer, gold lacquer inlay, filigree inlay, palace carpet, and Beijing embroidery. They are all the most prosperous crafts in the Qing Dynasty. decline.

The reputation of the four ancient embroideries is even greater, and it has almost been lost in our country.Any piece of embroidery from the four great ancient embroideries can almost become a family heirloom and is invaluable.

"But Jingxiu, most of them are used by the court. Even the people also have Jingxiu, but the style is also consistent with the court, and there are requirements in terms of patterns and decorations." Chu Ning said doubtfully, "The characters of Beijing embroidery Picture, or this kind of elegant beauty picture, almost never before?"

"Junior Junior Sister, you actually know Jingxiu?!" Meng Dongyue stared at Chu Ning with wide eyes.

He could barely understand a word the master said about embroidery.He originally thought that his junior sister should be the same as himself, and he could be regarded as a companion after all.

But I didn't expect that the little junior sister could catch up with the master's words? !

This is incredible too!
Compared with the top academics in the antique world like Junior Sister, he is actually a recognized scumbag, right?
"Of course I know this kind of basic knowledge." Chu Ning blinked and said, "But all I know is what is recorded in books. If you really want to put several different embroidery pieces in front of me, it will be difficult for me to distinguish them." Brother Meng, don't you know such a simple thing? You have been studying as a teacher for so long, what have you learned from my dad?"

Chu Yinglue's sharp eyes fixed on Meng Dongyue.

Meng Dongyue glanced at Chu Ning resentfully, complained in his heart, and hurriedly explained: "Master has taught me too many things, and my apprenticeship time is still short, so I haven't learned this yet."

Chu Ning snickered in her heart, at least she saved some face for Meng Dongyue, so she didn't press on.

Meng Dongyue was obviously relieved.

Chu Yinglue still felt that this apprentice had humiliated him.

It seems that in the future, it is time for me to supervise Xiaomeng's study progress.

If Meng Dongyue knew that he was talking too much, but in exchange for a redoubled hard work on antique learning, he would probably want to slap himself.

"It is true that most of Beijing embroidery is the style of court embroidery, but there are exceptions to everything, and Beijing embroidery is naturally one of them." Chu Yinglue explained for her daughter, ""Dream of Red Mansions" was listed as a banned book when it was first born in the Qing Dynasty. There are too many people who have caused trouble because of this book. However, the book "Dream of Red Mansions", apart from those hidden political points, is itself a very good romance novel. So at that time, There are many people who like this book, including the big figures in the court."

If there are big figures in the court who like it, there will naturally be people who like it.

This embroidery picture of the Twelve Gold Hairpins was born in this way.

However, because of the sensitivity of the book "Dream of Red Mansions", even if there are members of the royal family who like this embroidery picture of twelve golden hairpins very much, they will not show it to the public and lose face.

Over time, this embroidered picture of the twelve gold hairpins has become something in legends, and many people only hear the sound but not the real thing.

Therefore, many people think that this embroidery picture does not exist at all, but it is just a rumor.

"When your grandfather was still alive, he had been obsessed with this legendary picture of the Beijing embroidery of the Twelve Gold Hairpins. I also knew about the existence of such a picture at that time." Chu Yinglue sighed, "If his old man knew , This picture will be in your hands in the end, and you are not sure what it will be like."

It turns out that grandpa is still a loyal fan of this Beijing embroidery picture?

Chu Ning was filled with emotions for a moment.

"Master, this picture looks very beautiful. But, are you really sure that it is Jingxiu?" Seeing that the mood of the master and the younger sister was a bit wrong, Meng Dongyue quickly changed the subject, "The famous embroidery technique in our country There are so many, can’t this be an embroidery picture of another genre?”

(End of this chapter)