China News Service, Guangzhou, July 22 (Cheng Jingwei, Liu Junxi) "A Bright Future-Suzhou Song Brocade Culture Exhibition" opened on the 22nd at the Memorial Hall of Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen in Guangzhou, exhibiting 60 pieces of Song Brocade, recreating the Chinese famous Jinfang China.
The exhibition is jointly organized by the Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen's Mansion Memorial Hall and Suzhou Silk Museum and will last until September 22.
Light red ground group dragon pattern imitating Song Jin photo by Liu Junxi
Song brocade developed in the Song Dynasty as a brocade with both warp and weft at the same time. It is called China's "Three Famous Brocades" along with Sichuan Shu brocade and Nanjing Yun brocade. Song brocade has elegant and delicate patterns, gorgeous and soft color, and has been given the reputation of "Crown of Splendid Embroidery". It is often used for painting and calligraphy mounting, furnishings, clothing curtains, etc., and is the most elegant of literati.
"The Future Is Like Brocade-Suzhou Song Brocade Culture Exhibition" carefully selected 60 pieces of Song Brocade, among which the red ground double lion play ball and the dragon pattern and the eight da halo brocade (Qing Dynasty), the compound geometrical pattern Song brocade (Republic of China), blue The real objects such as the Song Brocade (Republic of China) with entwined branches and lotus patterns are precious cultural relics that debuted in Guangzhou for the first time.
In the exhibition, in addition to fabrics, some Song Brocade weaving tools are also exhibited, allowing people to experience the complexity of Song Brocade's crafts up close, and further comprehend the exquisite craftsmanship contained in Song Brocade.
Song Jin's new middle suit photo by Liu Junxi
According to reports, the production of Song Jin has to go through more than 20 processes from yarn preparation to weaving into products, including silk reeling, refining and dyeing processing, warp and weft processing, manufacturing and patterning. Song Jin not only inherited the characteristics of weft brocade with multiple wefts, but also developed into the application of cast track segmented color change technology, without increasing the number of wefts, the fabric surface is rich in color and endless changes. Its ingenious structure and exquisite workmanship. (Finish)