Yunjin

For the Genshin Impact character, see Yun Jin.
Yunjin (云锦)
Dragon robe of the Qianlong Emperor (1711–99) in Yunjin brocade at the Grassi Museum in Leipzig
Traditional Chinese雲錦
Simplified Chinese云锦
Literal meaning"Cloud brocade"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinyún jǐn

Yunjin (Chinese: 雲錦), Nanjing brocade or cloud brocade,[1] is a traditional Chinese luxury silk brocade made in Nanjing since the end of the Song dynasty,[2] and based on weft-weaving techniques from both the Song and Tang dynasties.[1] It is shuttle-woven, and often incorporates gold and silver threads with the coloured silks.[3] During the Ming dynasty, the yunjin weavers developed a technique of swivel weaving that enabled them to weave colourful designs onto a base fabric in other weaves, such as satin.[4] In 2009, Nanjing brocade was selected into the representative list of oral and intangible heritage of humanity at UNESCO.[5]

  1. ^ a b Lam, Peter Y. K. (2009). 朝天錦繡: 昇雯閣藏明清宮廷服飾. 香港中文大學文物舘. ISBN 9789627101895.
  2. ^ "Jiangsu Silks". China's Foreign Trade. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (164–175). China Council for the Promotion of International Trade: 252. 1991.
  3. ^ "ÖйúÄϾ©ÔƽõÍø". Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  4. ^ Dieter Kuhn (1997). "Textiles in China". In Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer. p. 959. ISBN 9780792340669.
  5. ^ "Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade". UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2021.