Ayixiamuzhayiti
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Ayixiamuzhayiti, Female, Uyghur, from Hamidi, Xinjiang, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Uyghur Embroidery (Ⅶ-79). The tradition is documented in Hamidi, Xinjiang. Within the regional tradition and school record of Uyghur Embroidery in Hamidi, Xinjiang: Uyghur embroidery is a folk embroidery art rich in ethnic characteristics, popular mainly in the Hami region of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Hami lies at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and is a place where many ethnic groups live side by side; historically, the traffic of the Silk Road caused the region to be influenced at once by the embroidery methods of the Han people of the Central Plains and by Islamic decorative art. Almost all Uyghur women are skilled at embroidery, and before marriage girls must diligently learn all kinds of embroidery techniques in order to complete such indispensable articles of married life as embroidered pillows. In technique, Uyghur embroidery has absorbed certain methods from Su embroidery and Jing embroidery, developing many stitching styles including flat stitch, knot stitch, gold- and silver-wrapped coiling stitch, cross stitch, velvet-tie stitch, lattice-frame stitch, and combined stitch. It took shape and developed on the basis of Islamic culture, while drawing on and blending Han-Manchu culture and Buddhist culture, and the history transmitted down to the present day is already very long.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Ayixiamuzhayiti is anchored in the documented technical standards of Uyghur Embroidery in Hamidi, Xinjiang. Within the documented technical tradition of Uyghur Embroidery in Hamidi, Xinjiang: Uyghur embroidery is a folk embroidery art rich in ethnic characteristics, popular mainly in the Hami region of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Almost all Uyghur women are skilled at embroidery. Before marriage, girls must diligently learn all kinds of embroidery techniques in order to complete such indispensable articles of married life as embroidered pillows. Uyghur embroidery takes a variety of expressive forms, of which four types best embody the cultural character of the Uyghur people: cap-flower patterns, pillow-flower patterns, garment-border-flower patterns, and gown-panel-flower patterns. In technique, Uyghur embroidery has absorbed certain methods from Su embroidery and Jing embroidery, developing many stitching styles including flat stitch, knot stitch, gold- and silver-wrapped coiling stitch, cross stitch, velvet-tie stitch, lattice-frame stitch, and combined stitch. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Cap, pillow, hem and robe-panel flowers": Of its many forms, the cap flower, pillow flower, hem flower and robe-panel flower best carry Uyghur cultural identity. "Coiled metal thread and looped and velvet stitches": Absorbing techniques from Su and Beijing embroidery, it offers flat, looped, coiled gold-and-silver, cross, velvet, lattice and composite stitches. "Ajiil Saimaiti and her trademark": Ajiil Saimaiti grew up embroidering, registered the Ajihan trademark and founded a workshop providing jobs and training for laid-off and poor women.
Cap, pillow, hem and robe-panel flowers
Of its many forms, the cap flower, pillow flower, hem flower and robe-panel flower best carry Uyghur cultural identity.
Coiled metal thread and looped and velvet stitches
Absorbing techniques from Su and Beijing embroidery, it offers flat, looped, coiled gold-and-silver, cross, velvet, lattice and composite stitches.
Ajiil Saimaiti and her trademark
Ajiil Saimaiti grew up embroidering, registered the Ajihan trademark and founded a workshop providing jobs and training for laid-off and poor women.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Ayixiamuzhayiti was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Uyghur Embroidery, with Hamidi, Xinjiang as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Uyghur Embroidery in Hamidi, Xinjiang: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2008 (batch 2), with Hamidi, Xinjiang as its declared area, and Hami Cultural Center as its safeguarding unit. Since the project was inscribed in the national inventory, its declared area and safeguarding unit have carried out documentation, transmission and presentation within the national safeguarding framework. Together, the inventory record and the project archive form the public documentary basis for the bearer’s transmission practice.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
It took shape and developed on the basis of Islamic culture, while drawing on and blending Han-Manchu culture and Buddhist culture, and the history transmitted down to the present day is already very long.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajier Saimaiti | Hamidi, Xinjiang | 04-1811 | Same declared area |
| Ayixiamuzhayiti | Hamidi, Xinjiang | — | This page |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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