Brocade is which minority crafts

The brocade in China are Zhuang "Zhuang brocade", Tujia "Tujia brocade", Dai "Dai brocade", Miao "Miao brocade", Li "Li brocade".

The "Zhuang brocade", "Tujia brocade" of the Tujia, "Dai brocade" of the Dai, "Miao brocade" of the Miao, "Li brocade" of the Li.

In the process of thousands of years of life creation of people of different nationalities and regions, brocade weaving also presents a variety of styles, such as Nanjing's brocade, Sichuan's Shu brocade, Suzhou's Song brocade, Guangxi's Zhuang brocade, Hunan's Tujia brocade, Yunnan's Dai brocade, Guizhou's Miao brocade, Hainan's Lijin brocade, etc. In 2009, China's Nanjing brocade weaving technique was successfully selected as one of the "Representative Works of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity". List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Chinese brocade:

The brocade is made of colored warp and weft threads dyed with good colors, and the jacquard and weaving techniques are used to weave the patterned fabrics. Chinese silk jacquard technology has a long history. As early as the Yin and Shang dynasties in China have silk fabrics. Zhou Dynasty silk fabrics in the appearance of brocade, colorful patterns, the technology has reached maturity. The Han Dynasty had a weaving room, brocade department, specializing in weaving brocade, for the court to enjoy.

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The history of brocade weaving in China:

China's silk jacquard weaving technology has a long history. As early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, China has silk fabrics. Zhou Dynasty silk fabrics in the appearance of brocade, colorful pattern, the technology has reached maturity. The Han Dynasty had a weaving room, brocade department, specializing in weaving brocade, for the court to enjoy. Since the Han Dynasty, Chinese brocade was introduced to Persia (present-day Iran) and Qin (the ancient Roman Empire) through the Silk Road.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty set up an official office in Jiankang, the capital of the country, specializing in the management of brocade - Jin Department, marking the official birth of Nanjing brocade. During the Tang Dynasty, Dou Shilun's patterns of Shu brocade, such as the pair of pheasants, buckets of sheep, and soaring phoenixes, were known as Ayang Gong sample.

In the weaving process improved by the warp brocade for the weft brocade, and the emergence of colored warp and weft lines from shallow to deep or from deep into the shallow receding halo technique. Northern Song court in Bianjing and other places to establish a large-scale weaving workshop, the production of a variety of damask brocade. Yuan dynasty is China's history of mass production of gold brocade (a kind of silk fabric with gold) of the era, the court set up weaving and dyeing bureau, weaving and dyeing lifting division, a large number of institutions, focusing on a large number of excellent craftsmen.

The Ming and Qing dynasties brocade production was concentrated in Nanjing, Suzhou, in addition to the government's brocade bureau, private workshops also flourished, forming a prosperous period of brocade production in Jiangnan. Most of the brocade using the traditional jacquard process and wooden flower building loom, some brocade due to different varieties and different.

Chinese brocade is China's most technologically advanced silk fabric, woven with colorful gold threads into a variety of patterned fabrics, which gives brocade its name. In China's more than 7,000 years of sericulture and reeling history, brocade, the most beautiful part of silk, has also traveled around the world at that time with camel caravans on the Road Silk Road and teams on the Maritime Silk Road.

Strong brocade, cloud brocade, Shu brocade, Song brocade and known as China's four great brocades, has a long history and deep cultural heritage.

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia-The Weaving of brocade

Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Hand-Woven Brocade