Nanjing Specilaties  (Nanjing Travel Guide)

 

Cloud-pattern Brocade It is known as cloud-pattern brocade because its woven pattern is as beautiful as clouds hence the name. From Yuan Dynasty down to the Qing Dynasty, the successive reigns of the dynasties organized the production of the official robe with gold designs of pythons and floral pattern satin for the consumption of the imperial family or as reward bestowed to the civil and military officials and as gifts for foreign envoys. Cloud-pattern brocade can be classified into the categories of adornment brocade, picture-weaving brocade, satin, golden-designed brocade and others, among which adornment brocade and picture-weaving brocade are the most beautiful ones of the cloud-pattern brocade. Ivory Carving Imitating the Style of the Ancients Nanjing is very famous for its ivory carving in the style of the ancients, the products of which are shaped with figures, animals and ail kinds of utensils. Many works of ivory carving are well-received by well-known personages both at home and abroad. Wood Carving imitating the style of the ancient: The wood carving in the style of the ancients, with color and luster of primitive simplicity and steadiness, is good at modeling horses of the Tang Dynasty, and also arhats (in Chinese Buddhism) vivid and divine expression, each of which has a style of its own. Chinese Littleleah Box Wood Carving The Chinese Littleleaf Box Wood Carving has taken carving animals and figures as its main theme which are vivid and true to life. Yu Hua Pebbles (colorful fine-grained pebbles formed in the Yuhuatai area at Nanjing) Yuhua pebbles, souvenirs for tourism, are peculiar to Nanjing. Yuhua pebbles, solid quality, are precious stones made of a combination of quartz, marrow jade and opal.

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