What is the material of silk flower

Silk flowers, also known as Jinghua'er is one of the traditional handicrafts with a long history and strong decorative colors in China. Refers to the use of various colors of silk fabric imitation flowers. China more than 1,700 years ago, there are silk fabric flower-making skills.

In the Tang Dynasty, silk flowers were the main decorations for women, and the Tang painter Zhou Fang's "Hairpins for Ladies" reproduced the scene of women in the palace with hairpins and colorful flowers. After that, silk flower production was introduced to Japan and Korea.

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Silk flowers are mainly produced in: Lushan, Henan, Guangzhou, Yiwu, Shenyang, Xi'an and Hebei.

In 1972 in Xinjiang Turpan Astana Tang tomb unearthed artifacts, there is also a bunch of intact silk flowers, bright colors, gestures, it is clear that the production of silk flowers at the time of the technology has been quite mature. Silk flowers in China's court and folk wedding, funeral, marriage, birthday, festivals and other customary activities, has a wide range of uses.

Modern production of silk flowers of well-known artists, there are Jin Yulin, known as "flower gold", his masterpiece is "ten zhang bead curtain" chrysanthemum; Zhang Jincheng, his masterpiece is "cliff chrysanthemum"; Su Baozhang, his masterpiece is "two tip of the passion flower"; Zhang Deqi, his masterpiece is "column top red".

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