网扣绣花,起源于近代烟台,是中国传统的民间织绣工艺与欧洲刺绣编结工艺相结合的产物。1858年6月,中英《天津条约》签订,烟台成为山东省第一个对外开埠的口岸,各国纷纷在烟台设立领事馆。1890年,马茂兰和夫人利蕾从上海搭乘轮船到达烟台传教,马茂兰夫妇发现烟台妇女个个心灵手巧,会绣花,会剪纸,鱼网也织得非常漂亮。于是他们就产生了利用传教把这些妇女组织起来,向她们传授一门谋生手艺的想法。 Netting embroidery, originated in modern Yantai, is the traditional Chinese folk embroidery and European embroidery knitting technology products. June 1858, Sino-British “Tianjin Treaty” signed, Yantai became the first port of Shandong Province to open its ports, all countries have set up consulates in Yantai. In 1890, Ma Maolan and his wife Lirei arrived in Yantai by boat from Shanghai, and the couple found that all the women in Yantai were smart, embroidered and paper-cut, and the fishing nets were very beautiful. So they came up with the idea of ​​organizing these women by preaching and teaching them a living skill.