In ancient times, Chengdu was called Can Cong, which was one of the birthplaces of China culture.

Chengdu, formerly known as Can Cong, is one of the birthplaces of China silk culture.

Shu brocade is a colorful brocade produced in Sichuan, China, with a history of 2000 years. It is the general name of the special brocade produced in Shu County from Han Dynasty to Three Kingdoms period. It is characterized in that flowers are added to the color bars and the warp color bars. The development of Shu embroidery is based on the richness of Shu, especially the quality and quantity of silk produced.

Shu Brocade, with symmetrical pattern, continuous four directions, bright colors and strong contrast, is a colorful brocade with Han characteristics and local style, and is one of the four famous brocades in China.

Shu brocade flourished in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and flourished in the Han and Tang Dynasties. It was named after it was produced in Sichuan. In the production of traditional silk brocade, it has a long history and far-reaching influence. Sichuan was called "Shu", "Shu Kingdom" and "Can Cong Country" in ancient times, which was the earliest birthplace of sericulture and silk industry and one of the birthplaces of China silk culture.

Collection value of Shu brocade

Shu brocade has the elements of collection value: natural materials, hand-weaving, extremely complex skills, exquisite and extremely high artistic achievements; It has a long history and profound historical and cultural connotations, and is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient people in China; Unique, precious and extraordinary, with regional characteristics.

In terms of China's cultural export to the western world in history, silk and porcelain are so prominent that the western world used to call China silk (Ceres in ancient Greece) or porcelain (China). It is said that Julius Caesar once wore silk brocade to the theater, which caused a sensation among the audience and was considered as an "unprecedented luxury" costume.

In these glorious past events, Jin Shu always played the leading role and ran through it. Shu brocade has a characteristic, and every brocade sample must have a meaning, which is often a longing and blessing for life.

The knitting technology is exquisite and rigorous, and the color matching is elegant and rich. Most of them are warp-colored, stripe-colored, warp-weft flowers, brocade flowers after stripe, square, stripe and geometric skeleton flowers, with symmetrical patterns, continuous quartets, bright colors, strong contrast and unique features.

In 2006, Shu brocade weaving technology was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and in 2009, it was included in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List.