Individuality in Commonality: A Comparative Study of Su Embroidery and Gu Embroidery Based on Online Retrieval of Museum Collections

As traditional handicrafts in the south of Yangtze River, Su embroidery and Gu are closely related to each other due their geographical proximity, mutual exchange techniques similar cultural backgrounds. In recent years, there has been considerable research on historical origins relationship between two, but no unified conclusion formed. Through combination quantitative statistics online collections domestic museums qualitative analysis literature records, following idea “deconstruction - recombination”, this paper studies similarities, differences, influencing factors embroidery, illustrates them. two independent categories, which showed characteristics “Individuality Commonality” with evolution process. Under call revitalize handicrafts, it is beneficial for protection inheritance trace origins, analyze respective technical characteristics, clarify relationship.