Gdy cesarzowa piła herbatę... Historia chińskiego jedwabiu od neolitu do czasów panowania dynastii Tang

• Authors: Dominika Kossowska-Janik

Title variants

EN

When the empress was drinking tea... - A history o f Chinese silk from Neolithic to the Tang dynasty

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Chinese silk has a long history. The sericulture began in Neolithic times. Before the Western Zhou period (1600-1046 BC) the most popular textiles were plain weaved (juan) and gauzes (sha and luo). During the kingship of the Zhou dynasty (Western and Eastern) new types of textiles began to be woven, for example: pseudo-damasks (qi and han qi) and warp faced compound tabby (jin). The most beautiful four-color, and five-color jin fabrics were woven in Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). In this period China came in contact with the Western world. It was the beginning of the so-called Silk Road. Weaving technique still flourished during the next periods. The first samit textiles (often decorated with Persian motives) were weaved during the Tang dynasty. The sericulture was a ritual practiced in the common households and royal courts. The silkworm had its own temples and goddess.

EN

Chinese silk has a long history. The sericulture began in Neolithic times. Before the Western Zhou period (1600-1046 BC) the most popular textiles were plain weaved (juan) and gauzes (sha and luo). During the kingship of the Zhou dynasty (Western and Eastern) new types of textiles began to be woven, for example: pseudo-damasks (qi and han qi) and warp faced compound tabby (jin). The most beautiful four-color, and five-color jin fabrics were woven in Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). In this period China came in contact with the Western world. It was the beginning of the so-called Silk Road. Weaving technique still flourished during the next periods. The first samit textiles (often decorated with Persian motives) were weaved during the Tang dynasty. The sericulture was a ritual practiced in the common households and royal courts. The silkworm had its own temples and goddess.

Keywords

PL

silk; textiles; Silk Road; China

EN

silk; textiles; Silk Road; China; silk; textiles; Silk Road; China

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Studia Azjatystyczne
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 93-104

Dates

published

2017-12-18

Contributors

author

Dominika Kossowska-Janik

• Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/sa.2017.3.07