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"Five stars rising in the East" armband, a 3rd-century Sichuan brocade armband discovered at Niya ruinsinXinjiang (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 CemeteryinTurpan, 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]

Technique[edit]

A twill brocade and its fabric weave structure, 7th–10th century.

Sichuan embroidery is based on the use of coloured silk and satin cloth. It is marked by its even stitching and subtle colours. The general closeness of the stitches allows for embroidering intricate details. The designs of embroidery often featured animals, flowers, leaves, mountains, rivers, trees and human figures. These silk products were a combination of fine art and practical use, as it is used to decorate pillow cases, shoes, quilt covers, garments, and folding screens.[4]

Peculiarities[edit]

Drinking scene involving two ByzantinesorCentral Asians within a pearl roundel, unearthed in 1973 from Tomb 507 at Astana CemeteryinTurpan, Chinese Turkestan. 7th–early 10th century.[2]
Boar head within a pearl roundel, unearthed in 1959 from Tomb 325 at Astana Cemetery. Great similarity between this textile motif and a boar head from a muralatBalalyk Tepe suggests a strong Central Asian influence.[2]

Sichuan embroidery is one of the so-called "four great embroideries of China" along with Cantonese embroidery, Suzhou embroidery and Xiang embroidery. Throughout its history, Sichuan embroidery developed a quality of being smooth, bright, neat, and influenced by its own geographical environment, various customs and cultures, with significant foreign influences being Sasanian, Sogdian and Hellenistic during the 1st millennium.[5]

The Sui and Tang dynasties (581–907) saw the golden age of Sichuan embroidery, when it enjoyed high popularity throughout the regions immediately to the west of China (Chinese Turkestan), Central Asia and Western Asia. Novel themes and patterns from these regions were incorporated into embroidery designs during this period.[2] In the Book of Sui, it is recorded that in the year 605, the head of the Sichuan ateliers producing silks in the "western style" was a certain He Chou (何稠[6]), a name which betrays his Sogdian origins.[7] A classification of various types of Sichuan brocade is found in Dunhuang manuscripts preserved in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.[2]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.
  • ^ a b c d e 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.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ Willem. "Shu Embroidery". trc-leiden.nl. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  • ^ "凭什么说新疆、青海出土的锦,好多都是蜀锦?" [Why are most of the brocades unearthed in Xinjiang and Qinghai made in Sichuan?]. cdmuseum.com (in Simplified Chinese). December 2, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  • ^ Vaissière, Étienne de la (2005) [2002]. "Chapter Five: In China — The Sogdians in Sichuan and Tibet". Sogdian Traders: A History (PDF). Translated by Ward, James. Leiden: Brill Publishers. p. 144. ISBN 90-04-14252-5.
  • ^ Compareti, Matteo (2003). "The role of the Sogdian Colonies in the diffusion of the pearl roundels pattern". transoxiana.org. Retrieved March 16, 2023.

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