In ancient times, when making filigree, there were mainly twisted filigree and filigree inlay.

In ancient times, when making filigree, there were mainly twisted silk method and filigree inlay.

Flower silk inlay, abbreviation: flower inlay, also known as fine gold craft, is a long-established traditional Chinese handicraft, mainly used in the production of royal jewelry. For the "filigree" and "inlay" the combination of two production techniques. Filigree selection of gold, silver, copper as raw materials, the use of pinching, filling, saving, welding, weaving, stacking and other traditional techniques. Inlaid with frustration, engraved, pounded, smothered, beaten, crumbling, squeezed, inlaid and other techniques, will be made of metal sheet brackets and melon-shaped grooves, and then inlaid with pearls and gemstones.

Filigree inlay process originated in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States gold and silver wrong craft, in the mid to late Ming Dynasty to reach a high level of art, especially weaving, stacking techniques, and also commonly used point Cui process, to achieve the effect of gold and blue. The extensive use of gemstones and perfected the gemstone inlay process, is the most important contribution of the Ming Dynasty filigree inlaid jewelry to traditional Chinese jewelry, which changed the traditional Chinese jewelry heavy decoration light gemstone tradition. In the Qing Dynasty, the resources of gemstones were gradually depleted, and point cui and burnished blue were used to replace the position of gemstones. Nowadays, filigree inlay is only found in Beijing and Chengdu, with Beijing being the most complete in terms of filigree inlay. Beijing filigree inlay represents the characteristics of Chinese court filigree inlay craft.

In June 2008, filigree mosaic production techniques were included in the national intangible cultural heritage list. 2010 February Zhaoyi Jewelry Company, in cooperation with the only national inheritor Bai Jingyi in Beijing Songzhuang Xiaobao Village Art East established a national filigree mosaic technology inheritance base.