Industrial art

　　Brocade aka "New Zealand Karp ", " soil blanket flower ", as one of traditional Tujia crafts. It is a Tujia girl in a special wooden loom with cotton as the warp, weft thread, colorful silk jacquard weave, manual. As early as in the Han Dynasty, the Tujia brocade is served as a side into the Han Dynasty palace, since Tang and Song Dynasty, always remain unbroken.

　　The middle of the twentieth Century, Tujia brocade had traveled to Europe and the United States tour, also in Japan, Eastern Europe and other countries exhibit, by domestic and foreign people highly appreciated, and as a gift, by our leaders of the gifts to foreign heads of state and government officials. Tujia brocade with its texture is thick, tough, bright color, style simple, smooth and vivid. Its pattern is numerous, with straight lines, geometric patterns, pay attention to symmetrical balance.

　　To sum up, there are about 8 categories: ( 1) the flower pattern, such as the big plum, plum, small gold Goulian, Ra Ki; ( 2 ) birds and patterns, such as table flower, tiger footprints, Yang bird flower, flower of Phoenix, New Zealand birds; ( 3) the life pattern, such as a ship shaped flowers, cover flower, bean curd frame, Baba flowers; ( 4) geometric patterns, such as a single eight hook, cross grid, eight double hook; ( 5) astronomical motifs, such as stars, moon flower, sun flower, Tengu flowers; ( 6) as patterns, such as color, flower, thousands of Rome dyke Qiutian, pavilion flower; ( 7) the auspicious patterns, such as double dragon rush treasure, shuangfengchao Yang, magpies and plum, dragon and Phoenix Phoenix; ( 8) the word patterns, such as the character, word, Paul FLOWER FLOWER FLOWER FLOWER and so on, the Shou character, a total of 120 kinds of.Tujia brocade formerly used for Tujia girl covered, necessary part of the dowry. Its color bright, durable, though after a hundred years is still intact, along with the development of society, the Tujia brocade also used as a towel, sofa cushions, table Wai, hanging, bags, travel goods. Now it has been exported to Europe, Asia, America, Australia and four continents, become mankind's common favorite process to share.