First Day Cover
首日封
Sobrescrito de 1.º Dia
ChinaYunJin (Cloud Brocade)
Date of Issue : 10 May 2011
(From Left to Right, of the Stamp Set FDC)
3-1 : Gold Dragon
3-2 : Crane Designs for Officials of the First Rank
3-3 : Auspicious Twin Fish
Yunjin brocade, a local specialty of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is an elegant silk fabric that has been preserved as a traditional handicraft. Its name, literally "cloud brocade", derives from its refined design with splendid colors reminiscent of clouds. Traditionally divided into several types, such as Kuduan (jacquard brocade), Kujin (brocade with gold threads), and Zhuanghua (brocade with multicolored threads). Gold threads are often used to give the handicraft a noble touch and magnificent grandeur. Thus, during the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1644 - 1911) dynasties, the brocade products were primarily presented as tributes to the royal family. In 2006, China's State Council included the wooden-loom Zhuanghua hand-weaving techniques of Nanjing Yunjin brocadeon the First List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage. In 2009, the craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade was inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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