What cotton is the traditional jacquard silk fabric in Suzhou

Nanjing Yun brocade, Chengdu Shu brocade, Suzhou Song brocade, Guangxi Zhuang brocade and called "China's four famous brocade".

"Cloud brocade" is the general name of the traditional jacquard silk fabrics of Nanjing, its history can be traced back to the Song Dynasty in Nanjing, the establishment of the official weaving - Kam Department, began to weave the brocade, with its gorgeous, colorful, colorful, change as the clouds and Xia and named. Cloud brocade was very popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties, specializing in court weaving, mainly used as "imperial offerings", for the court dress and reward with.

Yun brocade is designed for the royal production, selection of materials, good elasticity, good flexibility, good gloss made of high-quality silk. Until after the late Qing Dynasty, it was spread to the people. Because of the modern production of only one place in Nanjing, it is usually called "Nanjing brocade". The traditional craft of brocade is mainly "makeup flowers", "gold" and "Jinbaodi" and so on.

Make-up brocade is rich in color variations, a fabric pattern with up to ten kinds of colors, up to 20 to 30 kinds, the layout of the pattern is rigorous and solemn, concise and generalized. The floral pattern of gold brocade is woven with gold or silver threads, or gold and silver threads. Jinbaodi brocade pattern pattern all with gold silk woven all over the ground, and then in the gold ground weaving a colorful, gold-colored pattern.

Modern brocade in the traditional varieties of brocade on the basis of the success of the development, both to maintain the traditional style of brocade, but also to adapt to the needs of modern life of the new varieties, such as rain brocade, dunhuang brocade, gold and silver makeup, diamond brocade and so on. In general, the layout of the Yunjin pattern is rigorous and solemn, changes in the generalization of the strong, colorful contrast is also strong, and often with a piece of gold hook edge, white and color halo transition, the pattern has a thick and simple traditional style, colorful, unique.

The motifs have a wide range of subjects, including large flowers, animals (such as dragons and phoenixes, cranes, lions, etc.) and plants (such as the Baoxiang flower, lotus, Buddha's hand, pomegranate, plum, orchids, bamboo, chrysanthemums, etc.), and the "Eight Treasures", "Dark Eight Immortals", "Jixian", "Jixian", "Jixian", and "Baojie", etc., which indicate good luck. "Eight Treasures", "Dark Eight Immortals", "Auspicious", "Longevity", "Swastika", Ruiqi, and a variety of gestures of changing clouds (such as the seven coincidental clouds, Ruyi Cloud, Harmony Cloud, Leaf Cloud (such as the seven coincidental clouds, such as the cloud, and harmony cloud, leaf cloud, line cloud, lying cloud, the size of the hook cloud, etc.), vivid, such as to see the real situation, especially in the pattern used in the technique is subtle, can fully embodies the guest and the master echoes, call, and the pattern is clear-cut, flower clear ground white, Kam empty uniform.

In terms of color, the use of color halo and reconciliation techniques, so that the pattern color is beautiful and moving. Yun brocade is mainly used in the production of Mongolian, Tibetan, Manchu and other ethnic minority clothing and dress materials and high-level clothing, in ancient times is mainly used in sewing the dragon robe, decorating palaces and temples, as well as robes of the gods, sacrificial cushions, draperies and so on.

Shu brocade is the longest history of brocade so far, it originated in ancient times, the rise of the Qin and Han Dynasties, flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Shu brocade pattern is very wide and rich materials, such as myths and legends, war phases of famous generals, landscape figures and so on. Shu brocade has undergone more than 2000 years of development and change, there is a feature that runs through all the time, that is, a wide range of clever use of plants and animals, geometric ornaments, natural scenery, etc., combined with a certain symbolism of the text pattern.

Song brocade is one of the traditional silk crafts in China. Started in the end of the Song Dynasty (about the 11th century AD), the product is divided into large brocade, small brocade, colorful ribbons and other types. Big brocade, also known as "antique brocade", there are more than 40 kinds of colors. Song brocade, its origin is mainly in Suzhou, so it is also known as "Suzhou Song brocade", Song brocade color and lustre is gorgeous, the pattern is exquisite. Song brocade originated in the Song Dynasty, the main place of origin in China's Suzhou, so it is also called "Suzhou Song brocade".

Song brocade has a long history, dating back to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it was developed on the basis of the brocade of the Sui and Tang dynasties. Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty vigorously promoted Song brocade in order to meet the court dress and painting and calligraphy framing at that time, and set up a special Song brocade weaving department in Suzhou. Suzhou is a famous silk city in China, the home of brocade and embroidery, the land of silk. Suzhou Song brocade, gorgeous color, exquisite pattern, soft texture, it and Nanjing brocade, Sichuan Shu brocade together, known as China's three famous brocade. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties weaving Song brocade called "antique Song brocade" or "Song style brocade", collectively known as "Song brocade".

The Zhuang brocade is a traditional and famous silk fabric of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which was produced in the Song Dynasty, in which the Zhuang people were called the Boys, so the Zhuang brocade is also known as the Boy Brocade. It is a color-woven jacquard fabric with cotton or linen yarn as warp and mulberry silk as weft, and it is also woven with dyed mulberry silk as warp and dyed glossy rayon or gold (silver) leather as weft. The use of two groups of warp and four groups of weft threads in the satin pattern organization of the ground pattern weaving various colors of weft flowers, forming a symmetrical pattern, or with a variety of color weft pick out the pattern.

The pattern of Zhuang brocade is close to the paper-cutting pattern, and it changes in many different ways. The traditional floral pattern has flowers, birds, fish, insects, beasts, and "Wan" word, "double happiness" and other textual patterns, bold and powerful lines, colorful, commonly used in several different colors of silk thread woven into the colors of red, green, black, yellow-based, generally more red as the background, colorful, brilliant, and colorful. The colors are red, green, black and yellow, usually with red as the background, colorful and splendid, with strong contrasts and a strong and bold artistic style. There are many varieties, according to clothing and apparel purposes, can be divided into lace silk, belt silk, headscarves, scarves, quilt tops, tablecloths, backpacks, backpacks, cushions, aprons, bed blankets, wall towels, brocade screen and so on.