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Song brocade, refers to the brocade style of the Song Dynasty. Suzhou Song brocade is known as "the crown of brocade", and is on a par with Nanjing Yunjin and Chengdu Shujin.

According to the Western Han Dynasty "Saying Yuan" book records: "Duke Ping of Jin made Shu to hire Wu, Wu people decorated boat to send it, the left hundred people, the right hundred people, there are embroidered clothes and leopard fur, there are brocade clothes and fox fur." It can be seen that as early as 2000 years ago, Suzhou has brocade. To the Song Dynasty, Jiangnan silk weaving industry into its heyday, Suzhou also appeared a very thin brocade new varieties, is the ideal material for painting and calligraphy framing. From the Song Dynasty handed down the brocade framed painting and calligraphy axis, Song brocade at that time, there were "Qingloudai brocade", "Na brocade", "Purple Hundred Flowers Dragon Brocade" and so on more than 40 varieties. Suzhou Song brocade was initially designed for the mounting of calligraphy and painting. Later, with the continuous development of Chinese brocade art, Song brocade also gradually formed a different use, different styles of three categories, namely, large brocade, Taiwan brocade, small brocade. Big brocade includes full silk brocade, interwoven brocade, silk brocade, antique brocade, antique brocade and other varieties. Commonly used in framing expensive paintings and calligraphy and decorating high-level gift boxes. Hap brocade, commonly used for framing general calligraphy and painting scrolls, screens and so on. Small brocade, including Yuehua brocade, ten thousand words brocade and water wave brocade three kinds, mostly used for mounting horizontal small artifacts box.

Song brocade over the years has formed a unique style, in the pattern organization on the precise and meticulous, firm and soft texture, flat service; in the pattern on the symmetry of the pattern is rigorous and varied, rich and smooth and vivid; in the use of color on the bright and not fire, busy and not chaotic, rich in the charm of the ancient and elegant.

Song brocade originated in the Song Dynasty, the birthplace of China's Suzhou, so it is also known as "Suzhou Song brocade". Song brocade has a long history, dating back to the Sui and Tang dynasties, it is in the Sui and Tang dynasties on the basis of the development of brocade. Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty vigorously promoted Song brocade in order to satisfy the court dress and painting and calligraphy framing at that time, and set up the Song brocade weaving department in Suzhou.

Song brocade classification Song brocade belongs to the brocade class crafts, complex technology varieties. Mainly divided into box brocade, brocade and small brocade three categories. Big brocade is a representative of the Song brocade, its heavy texture and exquisite patterns, more than the use of gold and silver wire weaving. Works of beautiful atmosphere, suitable for the production of various types of calligraphy and painting decorations. Small brocade is soft and strong, generally made of natural silk. The use of small brocade to make clothing noble and elegant to show their status, very popular in modern times. The box brocade is more often used to make some antique works, such as antique screens, calligraphy and painting of celebrities, high-grade occasions to highlight the classical atmosphere with the embellishment of the box brocade and so on. Gusu Song brocade and Nanjing Yunjin, Chengdu Shu brocade and listed as China's three famous brocade. It refers to the weft brocade with the style of brocade weaving in the Song Dynasty and the use of colorful weft to show the color. It has a unique style, in the pattern organization, precise and meticulous, firm and soft texture, flat service is strong; in the pattern pattern, symmetrical and rigorous and change, rich and smooth and vivid; in the use of color, colorful and not fire, busy and not chaotic, rich in bright and elegant flavor. Song brocade varieties of brocade, brocade, brocade, small brocade three. Suzhou brocade began in the Five Dynasties, to the Song Dynasty has developed quite prosperous. Especially after the Song Emperor Gaozong Nandu, the national political and cultural center moved to the south of the Yangtze River, in order to meet the needs of the court clothing and painting and calligraphy decorations, in Suzhou brocade 0 now a very thin, very fine for the framing of painting and calligraphy varieties. Among them, there are more than 40 varieties such as "Qingloudai brocade", purple flower dragon brocade", "persimmon red turtleback brocade". These beautiful brocade and painting and calligraphy together were preserved. So later generations talk about brocade will be called Song, Song brocade thus named, passed down to this day. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were more than 40 kinds of brocade such as Purple Luan Magpie Brocade and Qingloudai Brocade. Song brocade with three twill organization, two kinds of warp yarn (face warp with native color silk, bottom with colored silk) three kinds of color weft (texture and ground both color weft and two kinds of special texture weft) woven. Song brocade pattern complex, elegant and harmonious color scheme. Turtle back pattern, hydrangea pattern, sword ring pattern, ancient money sets, Xidiwen four-square continuous pattern, Zhuquan and other animal motifs, such as Bage and other word patterns are the most common, suitable for clothing and decorative painting and calligraphy.

Song brocade use Song brocade not only has a considerable appreciation of the value of the collection, there is a great advantage, it solves the problem of practicality of any silk handicrafts can not be achieved. Usually in our sense of art can only be carefully framed with frames to display, that and general painting and calligraphy have no essential difference. The craftsmanship of Song Jin determines its practicality, the texture is very strong, can be applied to any conceivable use, because it can be washed repeatedly. Combining the traditional craftsmanship and modern aesthetic concepts, SHENBAIJIE has successfully applied Song Jin to many fields such as business gifts, home decoration, engineering decoration, home textile series, men's and women's clothing and antique artworks. The practicality of Song Jin is very strong, its texture is soft and strong, the pattern is exquisite, wear-resistant and can be washed again and again for a very wide range of applications. Over the years, under the premise of adhering to the traditional Song brocade craftsmanship, SHENBAIJIE has fully integrated the modern aesthetic needs, and has developed a large number of practical Song brocade handicrafts in cooperation with many well-known enterprises.

Craft featuresSong brocade weaving process is unique, the warp silk has two weights, divided into face warp and bottom warp, so it is also known as heavy brocade. Song brocade has exquisite patterns, elegant colors, flat and straight, ancient colors, and can be divided into three categories: large brocade, combined brocade and small brocade. Large brocade organization, fine, neat pattern, opulent, commonly used in framing expensive paintings and calligraphy, high-level gift boxes, but also to make special clothing and lace. Hap brocade with silk and a small amount of yarn mixed into a continuous pattern of symmetry, mostly used for painting the vertical axis, screen mounting and general gift boxes. Small brocade is a fine pattern of framing materials, suitable for small crafts, such as packaging boxes. Its production process more than "three twill organization", two warp and three weft, the warp with the bottom and the face of the warp, the bottom of the warp for the colored silk, for the ground texture of the organization; the face of the warp with the color of the silk, for the weft of the junction of the warp. There are three kinds of wefts; one weft is used for both grain and ground, and the second weft is used exclusively for grain and weft, and is woven in segments for changing colors. Its pattern is mostly geometric skeleton, which is decorated with group flowers or folding technology small flowers, neat and skillful. Geometric patterns have eight halos, rings, flying characters, turtle back and so on. The colors are mostly tonal colors, not contrasting colors. With three twill organization, two kinds of warp yarn, three colors of weft woven. Often in the lattice algae wells and other geometric patterns in the frame to add twigs and flowers, the color scheme is elegant and harmonious. Song brocade is mainly used for painting and calligraphy decoration and clothing. In recent times, it also produces simple box brocade (small brocade), which is a small jacquard brocade with two wefts, mostly with ring and ten-thousand character patterns. Song brocade is also known as "Song-style brocade" and "Song brocade". Modern Suzhou is famous, there are "big brocade", "brocade", "small brocade" and other varieties, each with different characteristics and scope of application.

Song brocade identification to identify the authenticity of the woof and Song brocade there is a very intuitive method, the pattern should look strong sense of hierarchy, but the feel is very smooth, no unevenness. As for the top quality products to be observed from several aspects, 1, observe the density of the whole piece of work, the more tightly, the more fine workmanship. 2, to see whether the color pattern is distorted. 3, carefully observe the gradual excess of color, good work is very natural, it is difficult to find the obvious excessive color. 4, the thickness of the silk thread, the more superior works, the finer the silk thread. 5, the more the work, the silk thread, the finer the work, the finer the work, the finer the work, the finer the work, the finer the work, the finer the work.

Song brocade protection of the country attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage, May 20, 2006, the weaving techniques approved by the State Council included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. June 5, 2007, by the Ministry of Culture of the country to determine, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Qian Xiaoping for the cultural heritage project representative heir, and was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage Project 226 representative heritage list.