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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. |