Aunt Basketball: Empowering Guizhou’s Embroiderers and Celebrating Miao Culture

On April 28, Guizhou’s first “Aunts Basketball” Invitational Tournament kicked off at the Qianhu Miao Village Scenic Area in Xijiang, Leishan County, Qiandongnan Prefecture. Before the start of the game, the aunts paraded in costumes, and the Miao embroidery they wore attracted widespread attention from major media and netizens.

The protagonists of “Aunt Basketball” are aunts, most of whom are embroiderers. The costumes they wear are national treasures carefully embroidered by the aunts, and they are also precious intangible cultural heritage.

Before the first “Aunt Basketball” invitational tournament in Guizhou, the reporter went to Leishan County, the birthplace of “Aunt Basketball” in Guizhou, to learn about the “wonderful” stories behind the aunt embroiderers.

The scene of the first Guizhou Aunt Basketball Invitational Tournament in 2024.Photo by Guizhou Daily Sky Eye News reporter Zheng Yuxiao

Life is wonderful because of Miao embroidery

“What’s national is what’s global, and what’s traditional is also fashionable. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s concern for traditional ethnic cultures such as Miao embroidery is our greatest confidence in developing industries.” April 26, Longhe Village, Datang Town, Leishan County, Qiandongnan Prefecture Embroiderer Gan Xiaozhi pointed to the Miao costumes she had embroidered by herself. She is not only the inheritor of the Miao brocade technique, a provincial intangible cultural heritage project, but also the chairman of Leishan County Jinji Embroidery Co., Ltd. Having made a living from Miao embroidery for 15 years, the company’s handmade Miao embroidery is now sold at home and abroad, with total revenue in 2023 exceeding one million yuan.

Gan Xiaozhi is a “post-85” girl from the Miao family. Although she was unable to go to college due to family poverty, under the guidance and encouragement of Guizhou’s “Jinxiu Plan” talent training project, she obtained a college degree through self-study exams and became an embroiderer. “Intellectuals”.

Gan Xiaozhi delved into traditional hand embroidery

“In the process of improving my academic qualifications through self-study exams, I realized the necessity of continuous learning and improvement and the importance of developing good study habits.” Gan Xiaozhi said that she often paid attention to news related to Miao embroidery. At that time, she saw General Secretary Xi Jinping’s encouragement When the embroiderer said, “How wonderful your embroidery is, stitch by stitch,” she was extremely excited and further strengthened her determination to study, develop and promote Miao embroidery.

“Miao embroidery must be carried forward. It is both an industry and a culture. If developed, it can not only promote national culture and traditional culture, but also contribute to industrial poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.” Gan Xiaozhi said excitedly, “As an embroiderer Mom, when I hear General Secretary Xi Jinping inspiring us like this, I am not only full of confidence and motivation, but also feel a great responsibility and a glorious mission.”

“Although it is difficult to make our handmade Miao embroidery bigger, we do embroider wonderfully and live a colorful life. Therefore, my brand is named ‘Miao Cai’, which is to make Miao embroidery colorful and colorful. The embroiderers have a wonderful life,” Gan Xiaozhi said with a smile. Her company has increased the income of more than 60 embroiderers, paying them more than 200,000 yuan in salary every year, making Miao embroidery a happy life at the fingertips.

Gan Xiaozhi’s life is wonderful because of Miao embroidery. In 2022, she won honors such as “May 1st Women’s Model of Guizhou Province” and “The Most Beautiful Embroiderer” in Guizhou Province; in 2023, she was hired by the Guizhou Provincial Women’s Federation as “Guizhou Provincial Splendid Plan Think Tank Expert” and selected as a National Youth Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritor The selected figures of the support plan in 2023…

2024 Guizhou Province First Aunts Basketball Invitational Tournament Aunts parade in costumes

Life is beautiful because of Miao embroidery

Gao Chengchun, 54, was born in Pailang Village, Yongle Town, Leishan County. The village is a typical Miao village where embroidery skills are passed down from generation to generation. As a Miao girl, Gao Chengchun has been passionate about Miao embroidery since she was a child. She learned embroidery skills from her mother at the age of 6.

“Our Leishan Miao embroidery includes double-needle lock embroidery, wrinkle embroidery, pile embroidery and other stitching techniques. We neither make samples nor draw lines. We embroider them casually, with a variety of patterns and lifelike patterns.” Speaking of Miao embroidery, Gao Chengchun became very excited. Talkative and confident, “To this day, the clothing of the Leishan Miao people still retains the original traditional style, and embroidery is an indispensable part of our lives.”

“Now we combine batik with embroidery, which is both traditional and fashionable, and is very popular in the market.” Gao Chengchun said with a smile. His output value in 2023 will exceed 1 million yuan, with a net profit of more than 200,000 yuan. His family is also living a good life because of Miao embroidery. A happy life of living and working in peace and contentment.

“Miao embroidery not only allowed me to realize the value of life, but also changed my family, especially for my son to study and become a talent. He walked out of the mountains, completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Beijing, and became a pillar of society. This is Miao embroidery.” “It brings me the greatest sense of accomplishment and happiness.” When talking about Miao embroidery, Gao Chengchun is full of gratitude and pride. She has also obtained the title of senior craftsman of folk artist embroidery in Guizhou Province, the title of senior craftsman of Guizhou province’s arts and crafts embroidery and Honors such as “Famous Embroiderer” in Qiandongnan Prefecture.

Li Guiyun, an embroiderer from Danggao Village, Danjiang Town, Leishan County, is also a well-known local embroiderer. Not only has she provided employment for more than 15 embroiderers in the village, but she also earns an income of about 200,000 yuan a year, which makes her family’s life comfortable. Taste has a future. Now my daughter is in college and my son is about to enter college.

“For rural aunts like us who are not well-educated, how could we have the wonderful life we ​​have now without Miao embroidery.” Li Guiyun said with emotion, “This society is really good. Nowadays, the Internet is developed and transportation is convenient, so the Miao embroidery here has been greatly influenced. The attention and love from the outside have given our aunt Xiu Niang more income.”

In Leishan County, embroiderers are aunts, and most aunts are embroiderers. There are more than 180 large and small hand embroidery workshops in the county. The “needlework” industry has become a pillar industry for Leishan women to increase their income and become rich, and has become a pillar industry for aunts to pursue a better life. The “her economy”.

Gao Chengchun and Li Guiyun jointly embroidered the “Aunt Basketball” jersey

Let’s build the “Auntie Basketball” dream together

“In the past few years, whenever ‘Aunt Basketball’ is played in the village, I have sponsored 2,000 to 3,000 yuan. This year, I will support ‘Aunt Basketball’ in terms of planning, preparation and funding. I just want to let Aunt Basketball be played by playing ‘Aunt Basketball’.” They and the villagers are happy and fulfilling their dream of playing basketball.” Talking about “Aunt Basketball” in Guizhou, Gan Xiaozhi is full of expectations, “‘Aunt Basketball’ is our aunt’s dream to pursue sports. I hope it can be like ‘Aunt Basketball’. Like a super ”village BA”, it attracts everyone’s attention. ”

“We hope that through the platform of ‘Aunt Basketball’, our Miao embroidery will amaze the entire Internet, and that Miao embroidery will go out of Miaoling, out of Guizhou, and to the world. Therefore, we are rushing to produce 100 ‘Aunt Basketball’ jerseys to be used during the game. Delivered on site.”

Gao Chengchun was excited when talking about the first Guizhou Aunt Basketball Invitational Tournament held in Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang, Leishan County. “Through the live webcast of ‘Aunt Basketball’, our Leishan embroidery girls, Miao embroidery, silver jewelry and beautiful scenery are all displayed, allowing the outside world to understand our culture and the wonderful life of our aunt embroidery girls.”

Li Guiyun heard that Gao Chengchun was rushing to make the Guizhou “Aunt Basketball” jersey, so he came from Danggao Village to help and embroidered the Guizhou “Aunt Basketball” jersey together.

“We are both embroiderers and aunts. When aunts from all over the province come to our Leishan Mountain, we must embroider a dress for them to wear so that they can feel our enthusiasm here.” Li Guiyun said that Miao embroidery has changed the lives of their aunts, and Guizhou’s “aunts” “Basketball” also shows the wonderful life of the aunts and the beauty of Miao embroidery, and promotes the sales of national products such as Miao embroidery and silver jewelry. Therefore, they hope that Guizhou’s “Aunt Basketball” will shine and become a showcase of products with national characteristics. Big stage.

The scene of the first Guizhou Aunt Basketball Invitational Tournament in 2024.Photo by Guizhou Daily Sky Eye News reporter Zheng Yuxiao

“The Chinese dream is a people-centered dream and a dream for everyone; Chinese-style modernization is a people-centered modernization and a modernization where everyone shines.” Wu Yusi, a lecturer at the Party School of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, told reporters, “In On the road to Chinese modernization, we women also have the confidence to pursue dreams and a better life, and we also need our own sports and cultural life, especially female compatriots in rural areas, who need sports and cultural life to enrich their wonderful lives. “

“Guizhou’s Aunt Basketball’ is an important platform for aunt embroiderers across the province to use their hardworking and beautiful hands to show the world the beautiful life, wonderful life and colorful ‘her culture’ of Guizhou female compatriots. It is also an important platform for the world to understand Guizhou. An important window for the great changes in mountain villages and the happiness of mountain villages,” Wu Yusi said.

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