Symbolic Meaning System of Chao Embroidery Patterns

Abstract

As an important branch of Yue embroidery, Chao Embroidery is famous for its artistic characteristics such as full composition, rich colors, complex stitching methods, and raised embroidery. Its pattern system has formed a symbolic meaning system with the core of "blessing, emolument, longevity, wealth, offspring, harmony, peace, merit, celebration, and auspiciousness" in the long - term development, carrying auspicious culture through homophonic and symbolic means. This paper combs the semantic categories and combination rules of Chao Embroidery patterns, points out that it plays the functions of etiquette, ethics, aesthetics, and inheritance in ritual fields such as weddings, birthdays, sacrifices, and operas, and shows unique values in cross - cultural exchanges.