Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Photography major - After the Wenchuan earthquake, how did hot girl Yang Huazhen use a needle to help the victims and earn more than 8 million?

After the Wenchuan earthquake, how did hot girl Yang Huazhen use a needle to help the victims and earn more than 8 million?

In ancient times, the criterion for judging whether a woman was virtuous was whether she was a good nv, because in ancient times, women had to learn nvhong from an early age, so that they could find a good family in the future. The more popular a woman is, the more popular she is with her husband's family.

Especially the ladies of the world regard female beauty as a skill and practice hard. However, in modern times, women’s status has been greatly improved, and there is no longer a need to learn to be a nun in order to please your husband’s family. Therefore, there are very few women who are really good at nun, and those who can become famous in the world through nun are even rarer. Today we are going to talk about This Sichuan aunt is one of them.

Nvhong, also called nühong, refers to the needlework done by women in ancient times, including weaving, embroidery and sewing, among which embroidery is the most challenging for nvhong. There are many women who are good at needlework, but not many are really good at embroidery. Especially in modern times, embroidery has gradually been replaced by cheap machine products, and it is difficult to see real embroidery on the market.

The most famous embroideries in our country are the four famous embroideries, namely Shu embroidery, Xiangxiu embroidery, Guangdong embroidery and Su embroidery. In addition, there are also some niche ethnic embroideries, such as Qiang embroidery.

Qiang embroidery comes from the Qiang ethnic group. Most of the traditional costumes of this ethnic group are beautiful patterns completed by hand-made Qiang embroidery. Although it is not well-known, it is also a very rare national culture. Most of the Qiang people live in Sichuan Province. In this area, in addition to the Qiang people, there are also Yi and Tibetan people.

Among them, Sichuan aunt Yang Huazhen is a Tibetan living here. Near her home, there are not only Tibetans but also many Qiang companions, and they all live in harmony.

Yang Huazhen’s family was poor since she was a child. It was difficult for her family to maintain food and clothing, let alone other supplies. At that time, she had to go to the mountains with her parents to collect herbs every day. Since she had no shoes to wear, her feet were often pricked by small thorns. , very painful, so at that time, what Yang Huazhen longed for most was to own a pair of shoes.

But her family was too poor to afford shoes, so Yang Huazhen took out the old rags at home and made herself a pair of beautiful shoes with Qiang embroidery.

When Yang Huazhen’s parents saw how beautiful the shoes she made were, they praised her for her ability. This ignited Yang Huazhen's enthusiasm for learning embroidery. From then on, whenever she had free time, she would use rags at home to practice Qiang embroidery. Over time, her embroidery skills became better and better, and the patterns she embroidered were praised by many people. Some girls even came to her to do wedding embroidery. Clothes.

However, embroidery could not be used as a skill to support her family at that time, so in the end, in order to make a living, she gave up embroidery and became a photojournalist.

Originally, Yang Huazhen thought she would live a normal life, but the Wenchuan Earthquake that shocked the country in 2008 completely changed her life. After the disaster occurred, Yang Huazhen, as a photojournalist, quickly came to the disaster area to report.

There, she was deeply shocked by the disaster. For the first time, she deeply felt the fragility of life and the impermanence of the world. She felt that she should do something for the suffering people. At this time, she thought of her favorite embroidery.

Embroidery can not only maintain traditional culture, but also help revitalize the local economy. It was the most suitable career at that time. Thinking of this, Yang Huazhen resolutely quit her job as a photojournalist, led some local women to learn embroidery, and sold the embroidered handicrafts to help them tide over the difficulties.

It must be said that Yang Huazhen’s embroidery talent is indeed very high. The works she embroiders are unique in style, bright in color, and have strong national characteristics, which are deeply loved by people.

As her reputation grows, many entrepreneurs come here to cooperate with her and help promote local handicrafts. Yang Huazhen was naturally happy to see the success. In this way, as embroidery crafts were gradually promoted across the country, Yang Huazhen's reputation became even louder. She also established a Qiang embroidery class.

Later, an international brand owner accidentally came into contact with Yang Huazhen’s embroidery and was very interested in her works. He wanted to add Chinese ethnic elements to his products. For this purpose, he specially invited Yang Huazhen designs packaging for his products.

Yang Huazhen agreed and designed two creative drafts for the product. Both of these creations incorporate strong Chinese ethnic elements, have unique styles, and are deeply loved by consumers. At this point, Yang Huazhen's embroidery has officially become international.

After Yang Huazhen became famous internationally, many international brands invited her to participate in design, and her works are also loved by many people. Among them, her 5-meter-long embroidery scroll "Lotus Metamorphosis" "Picture" even attracted the favor of Hermès, who offered a high price and rushed to cooperate with her.

Yang Huazhen went international with "one needle" and was favored by many international big names, and even entered the United Nations. At the same time, her order revenue has reached more than 8 million over the years, thus making her He and his family lived a prosperous life.