Sichuan embroidery

"Five stars rising in the East" armband, a 3rd-century Sichuan brocade armband discovered at Niya ruins in Xinjiang (also known as Chinese Turkestan);[1] displayed at Xinjiang Institute of Archeology.
Double dragon within pearl roundels, manufactured in Shuangliu between 7th and early 10th century, unearthed in 1959 from Tomb 221 at Astana Cemetery in Turpan, Chinese Turkestan.

Sichuan embroidery (traditional Chinese: 川繡; simplified Chinese: 川绣; pinyin: Chuān Xiù; Wade–Giles: Chʻuan-Hsiu) or Shu embroidery (蜀繡; 蜀绣; Shǔ Xiù; Shu-Hsiu), is a style of embroidery folk art native to Sichuan and Chongqing, particularly renowned for its brocade fabrics known as Shu brocade (蜀錦; 蜀锦; Shǔ Jǐn; Shu-Chin). This technique of embroidery originates from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, during the time of the Ancient Kingdom of Shu (c. 1046 BC?–c. 316 BC).[2] An excavation of four tombs dating back to the Western Han dynasty (202 BC – 8 AD), on Mount Laoguan located in Tianhui Town, Chengdu, has confirmed the use of patterning looms for weaving warp-faced compounds in that period.[3]

  1. ^ He, Yimin (2017). "Ancient Chengdu and the Silk Road". Contemporary Social Sciences (5). Translated by Wu, Lingwei: 72. ISSN 2096-0212. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  2. ^ Cheng, Si; Qiao, Hong (2022). "唐代蜀锦团窠纹的审美特征" [Aesthetic Characteristics of Tuanke (i.e. pearl roundel) Pattern of Shu Brocade in Tang Dynasty] (PDF). Progress in Textile Science & Technology (in Simplified Chinese). Chengdu: Sichuan Textile Science & Technology Intelligence Center; Sichuan Textile Engineering Academy. p. 56. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  3. ^ Gasparini, Mariachiara (2021). "A Tent For The Afterlife? Remarks on a Qinghai-Sichuanese Panel" (PDF). Acta Via Serica. 6 (2): 84. doi:10.22679/avs.2021.6.2.004. Retrieved March 16, 2023.