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Nanjing Yun (Cloud) Brocade
www.odtn.com 2004-11-8 14:54:37

One of China's three famous brocades, it was used exclusively by the imperial houses or as ifts bestowed by the emperors on princes or senior officials. Today it is still woven by hand with tradiotional knowhow.

The Nanjing "Yunjin" Silk Brocade is one of the three brocades well-known in China and abroad.Its elegant and refined design with beautiful colors reminiscent of clouds in the sky.So it's named "Yunjin"(cloud brocade or cloud silk).It is a traditional handicraft in China.In fact,these products were selected for the imperial family in the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.

There are several items produced by the loom: Storehouse Stain Multicolor Brocade,Golden Brocade and "Zhuan Hua"(a color jacquard silk fabric),among these,Zhuan Hua is particularly famous and precious.It maintains the artistic characteristics of the Chinese nationality and inherits the traditional silk skills of weaving,composition and color.It represents the high achievement of jacquard fabric in the ancient times of our country.

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