锡绣——世界独一无二的刺绣工艺，600年无字史身上穿
苗绣没有任何所谓的参考书籍标准，所见之物皆可绣。高山、流水、蝴蝶、枫叶、神龙、飞鸟、游鱼和各种古代传说，所有的生物都可以在衣服上绣成图案。苗绣的主题表达了苗族妇女对世界和宇宙的看法。除了刺绣作品中的动植物外，他们很少展示特定的生活场景。现代人还认为苗绣是道教对自然的信仰，认为它是“绣在衣服上的史书”。
The Miao embroidery has no reference books. They embroider whatever they see, the mountains, the waters, butterflies, maples, dragons, birds, fish, ancient myths and all creatures can be embroidered as patterns on clothes. The theme of Miao embroidery expresses Miao women's view of the world and the universe. They rarely display specific life scenes other than animals and plants in their embroidery works. Modern people also regard Miao embroidery as a reflection of the Taoism which believes in the nature, considering it "history books written on clothes”.
锡绣是苗绣中的一个分支。使用金属锡作为刺绣的主材，是一种贵气又高级的刺绣。另一方面，锡绣的内容大多是是抽象的，有穿透感的图形纹样。使得其看起来很时髦和国际化。人们说从锡绣上能读到贵州的贵气，它拥有较高的文化、艺术、公益价值。
Tin embroidery is a very distinctive branch of Miao embroidery. It is very gorgeous which use tin as the main material. Then the contents of tin embroidery are mostly abstractor namentation. Such kind of embroideries looks very conspicuous, which can also be considered that it is very international and modern. people can find the extravagance of Guizhou from Tin Embroidery of the Miao Ethnic Group. It has owned cultural, artistic and public welfare value.
锡绣因其材料特殊，纹样色彩古老又新奇，历史感与现代感兼具，被称为“绣中绝技”。2006年，苗族锡绣被列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。
Tin embroidery is known as "the matser skill of embroidery", because of its special materials, ancient but novel patterns and colors, and particular sense of history and modernity.In 2006, Tin embroidery was included in the first batch of State-Level Non-Material Cultural Heritage List.
出品：贵州省国际传播中心
素材来源：CNN·Great Big Story
编辑：Jerry JIn
审核：Lambo Li/Star Tian/Sherine Yu
