The Silhouette

Intangible Heritage Craft Points

Heritage textile details, finishing notes and limited-batch positioning for the luxury product template.

The same intangible cultural heritage Song brocade fabric was selected as a national gift. Natural mulberry silk is mixed with white, brown and dark gold colored silk, and the original ink and wash freehand sparse branches of wintersweet pattern. It has a simple and elegant light gray brocade base. Flower branches are scattered and stretched freely. White plum blossoms are embellished with dead branches. Brown outlines the branches and gold threads dot the stamens. The ancient hand-made jacquard replicates the texture of traditional Chinese painting. The fabric relief texture is delicate and soft. The texture is far superior to ordinary printed fabric phone cases. The all-inclusive TPU soft shell is 1:1 accurately modeled on the real phone, and the lens ring is heightened to fully protect against bumps; the natural silk brocade surface is skin-friendly and breathable, oil-resistant and fingerprint-resistant, making it dry and non-sticky to hold in all seasons. Since ancient times, plum blossoms have symbolized pride, perseverance, peace and prosperity, and happiness. Blooming alone in the cold winter means rising steadily and overcoming all difficulties. In ancient times, plum blossom brocades were mostly used for literati's robes, book box bindings, and elegant gifts. For personal use, they show warmth and temperament, and as gifts, they symbolize a bright future and good health every year.

Shangjiukai inherits the ancient Song brocade technique from Suzhou Weaving House in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and supplies fabrics exclusively for national gifts all year round. The plum blossom pattern comes from the ink paintings of literati in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Plum blossom brocades were popular in Jiangnan weaving workshops in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancients regarded the plum blossom as the first of the Four Gentlemen, representing nobility and perseverance, welcoming spring and receiving blessings. "Plum" is a homophone of "eyebrow", implying the auspicious meaning of happy brows. Literati in the south of the Yangtze River preferred brocade with plum patterns for clothing and study packaging. The craftsmen used ink and wash Chinese paintings as prototypes and improved the color to create a light gray and elegant Song brocade, retaining the ancient method of Song brocade weaving. The entire brocade has gone through more than 20 processes of silk reeling and dyeing, natural dyeing of vegetation, cross-stitching, and hand-thrown weaving on an old-fashioned wooden machine. The freehand flower branches are scattered and dense, making weaving difficult. The old-fashioned loom can only weave a small amount of fabric in a single day, and the elegant light gray color scheme is scarce in mass production.