Shangdang heaped brocade

Duijin (Shangdang Duijin) is a traditional art in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province and one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

Shangdang Duijin, commonly known as "Changzhi Duijin", is a unique traditional handicraft in Shangdang area of Shanxi Province (now Changzhi City). It originated in the Tang Dynasty and is called "Duijin". Shangdang Duijin is made of silk as the main fabric, grass paper and cotton as the skeleton, through more than ten processes such as cutting, gluing, paper twisting, cotton wadding, hard folding, soft folding and rendering.

Shangdang's traditional brocade-piling process combines many artistic elements of painting and folk crafts. After thousands of years of continuous improvement, it has gradually evolved into a silk handicraft with relief effect. His masterpieces include Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon.

On June 7, 2008, Duijin (Shangdang Duijin) was approved by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage, with the heritage number VII-71.

Knowledge expansion:

Shangdang's inner-chest is small and exquisite, and its shape is exquisite. Take the figure as an example, its height is generally between 15 and 25 cm. Due to the uneven thickness of cotton in each part of the production, the thickness of paper wound on the edge is different, and the order changes when folding and pressing, and the picture has a three-dimensional effect.

Shangdang is very strict with the production of heads, hands, ornaments and props of the characters. Fingers must be filled with cotton and covered with satin, and the details of eyebrows, hair and beard of the characters should be pasted with a silk thread.

Headdresses and props should be carved into very beautiful patterns with gold foil and silver foil, and some places should be colored. In particular, the statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva not only reflect the solemnity, solemnity and mystery in traditional Buddhist art, but also integrate the aesthetic taste of modern people, integrating the beauty of gentleness and grace with the beauty of sublimity and solemnity.

Shangdang is unpredictable about the color of gold works of art. In the early days, Chinese painting was used as the main pigment, and its biggest disadvantage was that it was easy to leave water stains after encountering water. Since the end of the 20th century, the main pigment used is acrylic painting pigment.

This pigment is a special pigment used in textiles, and it is also the most sun-resistant pigment in art coatings. It has glossy effect, bright colors and can be waterproof after drying. It is an ideal raw material for making Shangdang Brocade.