In the thousands of years of life creation of people of different nationalities and regions, brocade also presents different styles, such as Yunjin in Nanjing, Jin Shu in Sichuan, Jin Song in Suzhou, Zhuang brocade in Guangxi, Tujia brocade in Hunan, Dai brocade in Yunnan, Miao brocade in Guizhou and Li brocade in Hainan. In 2009, China Nanjing Jinyun Brocade Craft was successfully selected into the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.
China Brocade:
Brocade is a kind of patterned fabric, which is made of dyed colored warp and weft through jacquard and weaving processes. China silk jacquard technology has a long history. As early as Shang Dynasty, China had silk fabrics. Brocade appeared in the silk fabric of Zhou Dynasty, with colorful patterns and mature technology. In the Han dynasty, there were weaving rooms and brocade departments, which specialized in weaving brocade for the imperial court to enjoy.
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The Historical Evolution of China Brocade;
China silk jacquard technology has a long history. As early as Shang Dynasty, China had silk fabrics. Brocade appeared in the silk fabric of Zhou Dynasty, with colorful patterns and mature technology. In the Han dynasty, there were weaving rooms and brocade departments, which specialized in weaving brocade for the imperial court to enjoy. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, China brocade was introduced to Persia (now Iran), Daqin (Roman Empire) and other countries through the Silk Road.
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Brocade Department was established in Jiankang, the capital of China, which marked the formal birth of Nanjing Brocade. During the Zhenguan period in the Tang Dynasty, the Shu brocade patterns of Dou, such as Duilun, Duilung and Xiangfeng, were called Lingyang patterns.
In the weaving process, warp brocade is improved into weft brocade, and the color warp and weft yarns change from shallow to deep or from deep to shallow. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial court established a large-scale weaving workshop in Bianjing and other places to produce all kinds of brocade. The Yuan Dynasty was an era when brocade (a kind of silk fabric with golden color) was produced in large quantities in China history. The imperial court set up the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau and the Weaving and Dyeing Promotion Department, which had a huge organization and concentrated a large number of outstanding craftsmen.
Brocade production in Ming and Qing Dynasties was concentrated in Nanjing and Suzhou. In addition to the official brocade bureau, folk workshops also flourished, forming a prosperous period of brocade production in the south of the Yangtze River. Brocade mostly adopts traditional jacquard technology and wooden flower loom, and some tapestries are different because of different varieties.
China Brocade is the silk fabric with the highest technical level in China. It is made of colored gold thread and woven into various patterns, hence the name brocade. In the 7,000-year history of sericulture and silk reeling in China, brocade, as the most beautiful part of silk, once traveled all over the world with camel caravans on the Silk Road and motorcades on the Maritime Silk Road.
Zhuang Brocade, Yun Brocade, Shu Brocade and Song Brocade are also called the four famous brocades in China, with a long history and profound cultural heritage.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-brocade
Baidu Encyclopedia-China Handmade Brocade