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Chinese Textiles |
| China was the first country in the world that carried out silkworm breeding, silk reeling, weaving, dyeing, printing and embroidery. It was therefore known as the famous “silk country” in ancient days. Chinese textiles used to clothe rich people of many nations throughout a long period of the world's history. They were the gem of ancient Chinese culture. Since the fifth century B.C. Chinese textile, dyed silk and embroideries, spread to other parts of Asia, Europe and Africa, via the Silk Route and won high praises. To this day, the traditional Chinese silk and embroidery are still popular all over the globe. |
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The Textiles industry of Chinese has developed along with the development of the Chinese production power. The Tang Dynasty was the most prestigious period of China’s silk. At that time, the silk production procedures were classified and made use of superb techniques and a great variety of new styles. Two products, “Liaoling (damask silk)” and “Hongxiantan (Red Line Blanket)”, from southeast areas were the most renowned products.
Silk has a wide range of uses. It is not only applicable for the material of clothes, but can be used for portrait decorating, and also for presents. Those particularly good silk products are often presented as artworks, to be enjoyed by all. For example, in the Forbidden City of Beijing, they exhibited dozens of silk art pieces, such as the Emperor’s Dragon Cloth, the smooth silk blanket and specially made silk fans. A piece of large silk brocade, named “The Picture of Pure Land” is a real gem. In its 451x195 cm area, 274 Buddhas are clearly weaved with various vivid colors. The standard of the arts and crafts have exceeded prior works to a large extent.
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| Silk- Making Technology Introduced to Other Countries |
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After the Chinese learned how  to weave the thread into cloth, for 2000 years, they were the only people who knew how to make silk. Later, silk cloth was brought to Asia and Europe. It was called “the Cloth of Kings.”
Everyone wanted to learn how to make silk, but they kept the secret carefully guarded until the secret was finally stolen. In the sixth century, two monks learned about the silkworms and their cocoon. They spent several years in China and found a way to take some silkworm eggs out of the country. One day, they hid some eggs in their canes and walked out of China with them. So according to the legend, the development of the silk industry in other countries stated with those few eggs, which the monks had carried out of China. However, the silk was actually introduced by way of the Silk Road by a Persian. |
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Yun Brocad e was developed during the Yuan Dynasty, although its origin could date back to the Southern Dynasty. Historical records suggest that prior to the Southern Dynasty there was no brocade in Nanjing, until Emperor Liu Yu (363-422) had workers move to Jiankang (today’s Nanjing) and establish production there.
Yun Brocade features quality material, refined weaving and a wide use of gold and silver threads. This magnificence gained the name of Yun, which means the “cloud” in Chinese.
Elegant Yun Brocade ultimately became a precious artwork and no longer a fabric for day to day wear. In the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties Yun Brocade was a royal tribute.
As the unique weaving skill cannot be undertaken by modern machinery, Yun Brocade remains very expensive. |
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| The Silk Capital of China |
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Suzhou is usually recognized as the home of Chinese silk - the silk capital of China. People who are interested in Chinese silk know that 90% of the genuine-silk trade in the world comes from China, and of the silk products exported from China, one third is from Suzhou. The large assortment of Suzhou silk, long known for its quality and beauty, finds a demanding market in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. It has been praised as a “mythical fairy.”
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| Modern Situation of Chinese Textile Industry |
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In today’s reforming and opening China, while many mass production enterprises are the principal force in the textile industry, traditional folk textile still has its share of the market. Although people’s standard of living has risen substantially, folk textile, as a practical and aesthetic handiwork, is still very popular. Traditional spinning and weaving techniques and ancient looms are still playing their role in vast areas of the country.
For example, the rural women in the southwest part of Shangdong Province are still making cotton fabric that enjoys a good reputation as “Luxinan brocade”(literally Shandong’s southwest brocade), while the rural women of Mount Yimeng are producing handmade printed cotton fabrics that are also in demand in the world market. These traditional folk textiles enter the lives of various nationalities, carrying with them a strong cultural flavor and also bearing evidence of Chinese women’s diligence and intelligence. |
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