Nanjing Yunjin(brocade) has a history of over 1500 years with regard to the hand-weaving technology.

Tts wooden-loom ZHUANG HUA represents the history of silk weaving lasting for over 4700 years.This is the

traditional hand-weaving technology by means of human memory that cannot be replaced by machines,the only

techology of its kind handed down to the modern times in a history of over 3000years concerning brocade production.

Nanjing Yunjin technology,always taught by hand and oral inxtruction,is handed down from generation to generation.

Nanjingbrocade features rich patterns,big flowers,beautiful shapes,gorgeous and unrestrained colors,particularly

the application of gold and peacock feather threads,free color-matching and changeable tints.

Hand-weaving Technology of Wooden-loomed Zhuanghua of Nanjing brocade has been voted as China Intangible Cultural

Heritage on JUN,2006.And it is applying for the Oral and Intangigle Heritage of Humanity

As the "Ancient Silk Heritage Replication Test Base" of China's State Bureau of Cultural Relics,Nanjing brocade

Research Institute has reproduced a large number of ancient silk heritage for many well-known museums.Meanwhile,

the Institute is ratified as "China Time-honored Brand"by China's Ministry of Commerce.

Nanjingbrocade has a histroy of 1580years.In the YUAN,MING and Qing Dynasties,brocade was chosen as a dedicated

material for royal family garment and ranking first among tree major kinds of brocade in ancient China.