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What is the difference between silk brocade and cloud brocade?

Silk brocade, is a large class of dyed cooked silk weaving and get, colorful silk fabric. Yunjinis a silk fabric that represents the highest level of technology.

The reason why Yunjin has become the first Chinese brocade and cannot be replaced by machines so far lies in its unique makeup craft: using the weaving technique of "through the warp and break the weft" (also known as "through the warp and back to the weft"), it breaks through the limitations of the traditional brocade pattern, and is able to weave patterns as it pleases.

And silk brocade is actually now mostly referred to brocade, because most of the brocade is silk color woven products, so it is called. Brocade is not a fabric, including the very famous Yun Jin, Song Jin, Shu Jin and other traditional crafts and modern technology woven brocade satin and so on.

Yun brocade fabric features:

Yun brocade in the art of design has its own unique style, the pattern layout is rigorous and solemn, pattern changes in the generality of the strong, colorful contrasts, commonly used piece of gold hook edge, white, forming a color halo transition.

Yun brocade texture is generally more compact and heavy, flower type subject matter has a large variety of entwined flowers and a variety of cloud patterns, etc., the style is bold and full. Yun brocade in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Yun brocade is mainly tribute to the court, after the late Qing dynasty began to form a commodity production, very much loved by the ethnic minorities such as Mongolia, Tibet, Man and so on.