The Silhouette

Intangible Heritage Craft Points

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

The sides and bottom of the bag are made of matte black top-grain cowhide, paired with Song brocade of intangible cultural heritage flowers and birds, and a natural bamboo handle to create this retro and elegant Chinese-style hand-held square bag. The entire bag is made from a piece of intangible cultural heritage Song brocade hand-woven with a picture of plum blossoms and flying swallows. The plum blossoms and swallows are outlined layer by layer with dark and light silk threads. The matte gilt texture has a vintage and distressed texture, replicating the elegant artistic conception of flowers and birds in ancient paintings. The double handles of natural bamboo are warm and chic. The bag has multiple compartments for storage. The side buckle can be added with a thin shoulder strap, allowing it to be carried by hand or cross-body. The square and crisp bag is suitable for Hanfu, new Chinese cheongsam, Zen tea clothes, autumn and winter windbreakers, daily commuting, and wedding banquet travel. The happy brows imply happy events, a happy marriage, happiness every year, and everything goes well. The bamboo handle symbolizes rising, elegance and self-control, and double auspicious blessings. Song brocade is a brocade material used by the royal family in the Song Dynasty. It has the quality of an intangible cultural heritage collection. It shows a calm and retro temperament for self-use. It has excellent meaning as a wedding souvenir, a newlywed gift, a best friend's birthday, an elder's birthday, and a national-style cultural and travel gift.

Song brocade is one of China's four most famous brocades and a national intangible cultural heritage. It relies on the unique weaving technique of opening the warp and breaking the weft. In ancient times, it was exclusively used by the court nobles. The flower and bird patterns are delicate and smart, and it is known as the "Crown of Brocades". The happy eyebrow tip is an auspicious national pattern that has been passed down for thousands of years. "Plum" is a homophonic word for "eyebrow", and the swallow represents good news. It has been used for weddings and New Year blessings since ancient times, which means good things are coming and the family is happy. The bamboo handle is taken from the aesthetics of Chinese literati, and the bamboo symbolizes noble character and promotion. The craftsmen refer to the ancient flower and bird paintings of the Qing Dynasty to restore the patterns, and mix the matte old-colored silk threads to weaken the gorgeousness and adapt to modern retro wear. The weaving process of the entire Song brocade is cumbersome, and the thin threads are easy to break. The craftsmen need to carefully control the warp and weft density, and each piece of brocade has a unique texture. Combining the millennium intangible cultural heritage Song Brocade of Flowers and Birds, literati bamboo culture with modern simple square bags, the artistic conception of the ancient painting Plum Blossoms and Swallows is condensed into a portable handbag, taking into account daily practicality and Oriental aesthetic collection value.