Embroidery is a kind of craftwork that depicts things in life on a piece of cloth by means of needles and coloured thread. It evolved as women began to handle needles and thread in daily life.
Embroidery has a long history in the DPRK.
With the development of handloom weaving, fabrics such as silk and ramie began to be woven in Korea, giving birth to embroidery. Some fabrics were embroidered with different patterns in the period of Koguryo (277 BC-AD 668) and they were well known to the neighbouring countries.
Embroidery got diversified as a number of designs of flowers, birds, landscape and animals were stitched onto clothes for wedding and other ceremonies, pillow ends, quilt wrappers and others.
It made further progress by the time of the feudal Joson dynasty (1392-1910).
At that time decorative needlework and embroidering were fashionable among ordinary women in urban and rural areas.
“A Pine and Cranes” is one of the typical relics that offers a glimpse of the development of embroidery in the period. The needlework describes a pine tree and cranes on a white silk satin with thread of different colours, and it gives a simple yet vivid impression.
Today Korean embroidery is developing to suit the modern tastes and enrich the people’s emotional life.
The Korean traditional embroidery is on the national intangible cultural heritage list.
Yang Ryon Hui
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