How does the embroidered robe with dragon, phoenix and tiger pattern look like?

The Dragon, Phoenix and Tiger Pattern Embroidered Robe was unearthed in 1982 from the No.1 Chu Tomb in Mashan, Hubei Province, and is an embroidery treasure from the middle and late Warring States period. The embroidered robe with dragon, phoenix and tiger motifs is made up of two symmetrical floral units in a diamond-shaped pattern, with the diamonds measuring about 38 centimeters in length. The four sides are embroidered with a dragon and a phoenix in brown and golden colored threads, while the middle of the garment is embroidered with two dragons facing each other and two tigers facing each other. The tiger's body is mottled with red and black, and the tiger's teeth, eyes, and claws are embroidered in different colors. The whole pattern shows a vivid scene of dragon and phoenix dancing and tiger leaping, giving people a sense of magnificence and magic. Dragon, phoenix and tiger embroidered robe composition is well-proportioned, color and lustre is gorgeous, embroidery is also very fine, showing the high level of Chu embroidery. This provides valuable physical information for the study of the types of silk fabrics and their level during the Warring States period. It is now hidden in the Jingzhou Museum of Hubei Province.

The dragon, phoenix and tiger embroidery, like the dragon and phoenix dancing huashang, was unearthed in 1982 at the Warring States Chu Tomb near the Mashan Brick and Tile Factory in Jiangling, Hubei Province.On February 26, 1982, the Warring States Chu Tomb was excavated again. In order to prevent accidents, the staff suggested that one of the huge coffin intact to the Jingzhou Museum of a closed hall for the opening of the coffin, this proposal was also adopted by the museum. When the staff opened the coffin lid, a wonderful moment appeared: the coffin is full of complete silk fabrics, and six 46 centimeters wide, 179 ~ 190 centimeters long embroidered silk coverlet, and the body wrapped in more than ten pieces of clothing made of various silk fabrics, varieties of silk, yarn, Luo, brocade, embroidery, taping and so on. These silk fabrics are as thin as a cicada, light as a cage of smoke; some embroidered birds and animals, lifelike; some colorful, colorful; some thick warp and weft, beyond imagination, and even denser than today's parachutes. Silk fabric is rich in protein, can be so long preserved, it is rare. And the dragon, phoenix and tiger embroidered Luo Zen clothes in these silk fabrics.

Concluded through the examination, this piece of dragon, phoenix and tiger pattern embroidered Luo Yi master height of about 1.6 meters, female, age of death in 40 to 45 years old. This model consists of two symmetrical floral units composed of rhombus-shaped pattern, the whole pattern shows the environment of the dragon flying phoenix and the mottled tiger leaping through the vivid scenery. The flowers, plants, and vines therein serve both a decorative and pictorial skeletal function. This type of image combination was a popular pattern during the Warring States period. The head of the dragon and the phoenix in this model utilizes a realistic technique, while the body part and the flowers and plants are integrated into one, the dragon and the tiger are opposite each other, the dragon is walking, and the limbs are in the curve of the chest and the abdomen. Tiger body is wrapped in vermilion and black, striped, thin waist and tail, athletic body; phoenix is a show body stretch, imposing, a "phoenix, dragon whistling, tiger chanting" lifelike picture makes some of the more knowledgeable, experienced archaeologists were shocked, this chu tomb unearthed early years of silk fabrics, many varieties of craftsmanship, well preserved are unprecedented! The preservation of silk fabrics is unprecedented. And this also precisely shows that China's silk fabrics during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, has begun to foreign exchanges. This discovery, to explore China's "Silk Road" is of great significance.

This embroidery is embroidered using the lock embroidery needlework. This embroidery process is one of the three fabric pattern production process, its history in China has a long history. According to legend, when Xia Yu already had embroidery, the Shang and Zhou have "embroidery multi-color **** job" said. After the Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Qin, Han, Tang dynasties to the Qing Dynasty, the formation of "Guangdong, Hunan, Suzhou, Beijing" four famous embroidery. To appreciate a piece of embroidery, we can look at it from three aspects: needlework, embroidery method and effect. Embroidery stitches are rich and varied, and from the Warring States period, the Qin and Han Dynasties to the middle of the Tang Dynasty, lock embroidery has been the most prevalent embroidery stitch. Lock embroidery, also known as "braid stock embroidery", the so-called "braid stock", that is, three strands of hair braided braid, embroidery with its meaning to borrow its name to call back and forth to lock even the embroidery needlework. In recent times, this method is popular in the private sector, especially the beginner embroidery, mostly from the beginning of lock embroidery, commonly known as "set of flowers", "buckle flowers" and so on. Lock embroidery needlework is simple, set needle pulling line, only need to tie the needle length can be proportional, is the beginning of embroidery technology.

Dragons, phoenixes and tigers embroidered robe fabric used in ancient times called "Luo", is one of China's traditional silk fabrics, now often referred to as "yarn Luo", the original reason is that the two texture are light and thin. "Luo" is also known as "cloud Luo", "fog Luo", "light Luo" because of its softness. "Luo" and there are plain Luo, grain Luo points, plain Luo that Luo ground and not flowers, the flower pattern is called grain Luo. Warring States and later dynasties, "Luo" has been the first choice of clothing material for noble families. Su Luo is the best embroidery material, by the embroiderer carefully crafted, become a beautiful and exquisite embroidery, reflecting the dresser's luxury and elegance. Dragon, phoenix and tiger embroidered robe as the Warring States period embroidery excavated objects, because of its age, exquisite workmanship and become the embroidery embroidery in the fine.

Dragon, Phoenix and Tiger Embroidered Robe