Research On Modern Suzhou Embroidery Industry(1901—1937)

As the first of the four famous embroidery,Suzhou embroidery has endured thousands of years.After the outbreak of the Opium War,with the signing of a series of unequal treaties,Western goods entered China in large numbers,and the impact on my country’s traditional industries was self — evident.By the time of the Republic of China,my country’s traditional handicraft industry market had been in depression.As an important pillar of Suzhou’s handicraft industry,the Suzhou embroidery industry,in the era of continuous wars,has inherited traditions and new qualities in the transformation of urban modernization.It has not only broken the doom of traditional handicrafts being eliminated by large — scale machinery industries,but also promoted the development of Suzhou embroidery since the end of the Qing Dynasty.The world has brought Suzhou embroidery industry into a new peak.Compared with other traditional handicraft industries in the same period,the reason why the Suzhou embroidery industry,which is in the process of modernization,can buck the trend is that this is mutually promoted with the support of the government,the technological innovation of Suzhou embroidery,and related industrial chains such as the silk weaving industry and the costume industry.The factors are inseparable.Of course,the market—oriented operation of Suzhou Embroidery is also one of the important factors in the development of Suzhou Embroidery.At the beginning of the 20 th century,in the structure of the Suzhou embroidery industry market,there were different types of embroidery shops and schools that operated palace embroidery and commodity embroidery,and there were different groups of embroidery women responsible for making and processing embroidery,managing market order and maintaining the industry.The industry club for the interests of the practitioners,the three are interdependent while performing their duties,and jointly ensure the sound development of the Suzhou embroidery industry.