神奇的臺州刺繡

浙江 徐芳芳

題材刺繡文化體裁說明文文章詞數304難度★★★建議用時6分鐘

Tai Xiu is a folk embroidery that integrated Chinese and West?ern cultures in the early 20th century.In 1906,some Frenchmen went to Haimen(now Taizhou)where they passed on Western embroi?dery techniques,such as carving and drawnwork,to the local people.Eventually,these techniques were mixed into traditional Chinese em?broidery and a unique product appeared.But TAISILK,a boutique company,is more than a replication(復制品)of old?time handicraft.

“I think I'm greedy,”said Lin Xia,an inheritor of Tai Xiu and a founder of TAISILK.“I want to commercialize the production of Tai Xiu,and stick to its artistic nature.”She be?lieves there's a way to balance art and business.Such as,the company has been experi?menting with innovative techniques to enrich the cultural content of Tai Xiu since 1998.Al?so,through the boutique industry,the traditional cultural heritage has become accessible to the general public.

Still,Lin wasn't satisfied with that.She wanted to distinguish Tai Xiu from other Chi?nese embroidery.“There's a homogenization trend among today's embroidery products,a lack of individuality,”Lin said.She's been trying to put modern and abstract thoughts into the pattern designs and“jump out of the bounds of traditional embroidery”.

Lin's work“Web World”won the gold award of“Bai Hua”Grand Award for Chi?nese Arts and Crafts,one of the highest awards in the field in China.In this piece of art,Lin moved away from the conventional patterns of flowers,birds,fish and insects.Her in?sights into life and art were demonstrated through dense bone pinholes and the cobweb（蜘蛛網）embroidery technique.

Over the past two decades,Lin and her team have brought Tai Xiu to a bigger world.Nowadays,TAISILK has more than 150 brick‐and‐mortar stores across the country and is available on e?commerce platforms.

Reading Check

1.What did the Frenchmen do to Tai Xiu in the early 1900s?

A.They introduced it to the West.

B.They contributed new skills to it.

C.They tried to copy it in every way.

D.They began to produce it by machine.

2.Which word can best describe Lin Xia's attitude to Tai Xiu according to paragraph 2?

A.Worried. B.Puzzled.

C.Doubtful. D.Ambitious.

3.What's the problem with embroidery products at present according to Lin Xia?

A.They mostly carry no cultural meanings.

B.They are more or less the same in nature.

C.They are not affordable for the general public.

D.They are not accessible to the general public.

4.What can you see in Lin's award?winning artwork“Web World”?

A.Modern painting skills.

B.Very abstract fish designs.

C.Traditional flower patterns.

D.Special embroidery techniques.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Theme?centered chunks

integratev.融合；合并

pass on...to傳給

greedyadj.貪吃的；渴望的；貪婪的

commercializev.商業化

stick to堅持；維持

boutiquen.精品店

distinguish...from把……同……區分開來

brick?and?mortar stores實體店

Ⅱ.Text?centered sentence patterns

1.where引導的定語從句

In 1906,some Frenchmen went to Haimen(now Taizhou)where they passed on West?ern embroidery techniques,such as carving and drawnwork,to the local people.1906年，一些法國人到海門(今臺州)，將雕繡、抽紗等西方刺繡技術傳授給當地人。

2.當since表示“自從”時，不管它是用作介詞、連詞或副詞，它通常都要與現在完成時連用

Such as,the company has been experimenting with innovative techniques to enrich the cultural content of Tai Xiu since 1998.比如，該公司自1998年以來一直在試驗創新技術來豐富臺州刺繡的文化內涵。