Puzi embroidery center holds classes to pass along tradition
Puzi embroidery center holds classes to pass along tradition
2025-07-10
Puzi has long been a center for embroidery thanks to Peitian Temple. Artisans make everything from murals of the Eight Immortals to door curtains, flags, and costumes for puppet and human actors alike all over Taiwan. To pass along this local tradition, the Puzi City Office opened the Embroidery Cultural Hall 22 years ago. Apart from exhibiting works of embroidery, the hall also hosts classes to ensure the art remains deeply rooted in Puzi.
Children hold needles as they go stitch by stitch, learning to embroider. This is the Embroidery Hall in Chiayi’s Puzi, which strives to promote the traditional practice.
A group of kids parade a miniature palanquin through the hall. The cloth cover on top and tiny flags were all made by their embroidery teachers.
Embroidery teacher
I made a flag for the messenger at the start of the procession. It’s actually the first time I’ve tried it. It needed chives, so I used thin ribbons and wrapped them in thread.
Wu Pin-jui
Puzi Mayor
It’s a miniature of a scene welcoming Matsu. All of the embroidery was personally done by teachers with the association.
Embroidery is intertwined with temple culture. Since Peitian Temple is there, Puzi early on became a center for the industry. Puzi embroidery was sold all over Taiwan. But as the process became mechanized, handmade works have become scarce. To protect this local culture, the Puzi City Office has started offering embroidery classes. One woman is learning to become a teacher with encouragement from her husband.
Chang Chien-chi
Embroidery teacher
My father-in-law has passed away. At the time, my mother-in-law was depressed. Seeing his mother like that, my husband was afraid the same thing would happen to me. So he encouraged me to pursue my interests.
Each work of embroidery is as delicate as a painting. The art has advanced from a service for the gods to a part of everyday life. Over 22 years, the embroidery hall has offered classes as well as organized all kinds of exhibitions to guide people through the world of needle and thread.
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傳承刺繡產業! 嘉義朴子刺繡文化館開班授課
2025-07-10
嘉義縣朴子市因為有配天宮，早期曾是刺繡產業的重鎮，刺繡藝品包括八仙彩、門簾、旗令、布袋戲偶衣服、歌仔戲戲服等，銷路遍及全台各地。朴子市公所為了傳承這樣出色的地方文化特色，22年前就成立刺繡文化學會，興建朴子刺繡文化館，除了展示之外，也做刺繡教學，讓這項傳統技藝向下扎根。
小朋友們拿著針線，一針針的學刺繡，這裏是嘉義縣朴子市的刺繡館，肩負著傳統刺繡文化的推廣任務。
一群小朋友抬著迷你神轎在館內穿梭，十分可愛，這些小神轎的頂布、迷你領旗，可都是刺繡老師們的作品。
[[刺繡老師]]
“我做的是報馬仔旗，這個作品其實是我第一次嘗試，它因為要韭菜，所以利用細小的緞帶，加上繡線去纏繞”
[[朴子市長 吳品叡]]
“將迎媽祖的情境把它迷你縮小出來，所有的繡品是由刺繡協會的老師，親手繡出來的”
刺繡與宮廟有著密不可分的關係，朴子市因為有配天宮，早期曾是刺繡產業的重鎮，刺繡藝品銷路遍及全台各地，後來隨著機械化進步，手工刺繡愈來愈少，朴子市公所為了保存在地文化特色，開班傳授刺繡，有婦人在先生的支持之下，學習刺繡成為老師。
[[刺繡老師 張簡計]]
“我公公往生了嘛，可是那時候我婆婆她憂鬱症，我先生就看到她媽媽這個情形，他很怕以後我也會跟她這樣子，所以我先生鼓勵我去學我的興趣”
一幅幅的刺繡作品宛如畫作般細緻，刺繡早已從服務神明，走向日常生活，刺繡館22年來用心經營，教學之餘，也舉辦各類刺繡作品展覽，帶領民眾走入針線上的小宇宙。
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