Brocade is a kind of brocade that uses gold thread to show the pattern, and its general production method is to beat the gold into gold leaf, put it on the skin or paper of the animal, as a backing, in order to cut into pieces of gold with strong silk thread.
This kind of silk fabric plus gold clothing, the earliest can be traced back to China's Warring States period, to the Tang and Song Dynasties this technology has been developed and matured, and has been applied on a large scale, a large number of unearthed silk, have seen a lot of gold brocade.
When people wear this kind of brocade, in the sunlight, the body will emit a dazzling gold, which has become a popularity for the nobility, which can be used to show their wealth and status.
And this kind of golden glittering clothing, in the cold and waterless, monotonous grasslands, Gobi, is also a bright presence, so it is also loved by local nomads.
It is precisely because of this that when the Song Dynasty negotiated peace with the ethnic minorities in the north, it also liked to vote for their favor and give this kind of gold brocade as a gift to each other to please them. In the official uniforms of the Jin Dynasty, there was often the presence of woven gold objects.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the much-loved weaving gold brocade also got unprecedented development, and the Yuan Dynasty also deliberately set up the Nashi Lost Bureau, which is the so-called Gold Weaving Bureau, in today's Yuanyang, Shanxi.
In Marco Polo's travelogue, it is also recorded that in Nanjing Town, Jiangsu Prefecture and other cities at that time, it was seen that a large number of gold brocade was produced.
Some yuan dynasty troops even began to use gold brocade as a tent, and when they saw this tent that stretched for miles like this, this scene must be very spectacular and moving!
In addition to tents and costumes, there are many things in the Mongolian nobility of the Yuan Dynasty that are made of woven gold brocade, such as bedding and chair cushions needed for daily life, which must be made of luxurious brocade.
It can be seen from this that the brocade is a very common thing for these nomadic peoples.
According to legend, when the Mongol rulers conquered the world, they often used such means as slaughtering the city, but for the craftsmen in the city, they would be spared death, turned them into captives, and made luxurious ornaments for the Mongolian nobles, many of whom were masters of weaving gold brocade.
When craftsmen from different regions and nationalities are put together, they will communicate and promote the promotion and development of gold brocade weaving technology together.
As a result, in some of the brocade products unearthed in the north, its pattern often has an exotic style.