The Beauty of Song Brocade

  • Song brocade is gorgeous in color, exquisite in pattern and firm and soft in texture, and is endowed with the "crown of splendid embroidery" in China.
  • Song Brocade weaving technique was included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 as a traditional Chinese silk weaving technique.
  • Among them, the upper nine block silk fabric is one of the typical representatives of Song brocade fabric.

Gambiered Canton gauze (Xiangyun silk)

Gambiered Canton gauze (Xiangyun silk) crafted from 100% mulberry silk and dyed with pure plant extracts, originated in the Song Dynasty, is the silk fabric dyed with vegetable dye potato, is the only silk fabric dyed with pure vegetable dye in the world textile, known as "soft gold" in the textile industry, the folk have "a pound of gauze is worth a pound of gold".

  • Fragrant cloud yarn production process is unique, it needs to be steamed 3 times, cooked 9 times, and dried 18 times, which is a long production time and a complicated process.
  • It has a cool and pleasant, light and soft, water quickly dry, not easy to wrinkle, rich body bones, durable wear, bacteria, insect repellent, health care skin role, especially suitable for summer wear.

In 2008, the dyeing and finishing technique of fragrant cloud gauze was included in the national intangible cultural heritage. In 2020, Gambiered Canton gauze was included in the second batch of protection list of Sino-European geographical indications.