《CHINESE BROCADE》内容介绍:Tujia brocade,woven by the people of China's Tujia national minorityI, is anancient and rare folk art. Known as Xilankapu in the Tujialanguage, where Xilan means "bedcover" and Kapu means "flower", itrefers to "a bedcover brocaded with flowers". As a traditionalhandicraft of the Tujia people, Xilankapu is woven lengthwise withred, blue and black cotton threads, and crosswise with cottonthreads of various colors or silk threads. The whole weavingprocess is finished on an ancient waist loom using only theweaver's deft hands plus a needle-like tool made of ox horn. Tujiabrocade boasts a long history It has evolved from ancient fabricsto Cong cloth, through Lan'gan fine cloth, Ban cloth, and Xidongcloth, to the Tujia brocade of the present. In the Ming and Qingdynasties, Tujia brocade came into full bloom, with its colors andpatterns ranging from 100 to 200 types.