Zhao Fangyun
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Zhao Fangyun, Female, Unspecified, from Jiaxiang, Shandong, is a third-batch national representative bearer of Lujin Weaving Craftsmanship (Ⅷ-103). The tradition is documented in Jiaxiang, Shandong. Within the regional tradition and school record of Lujin Weaving Craftsmanship in Jiaxiang, Shandong: Lu brocade was in the past mostly used as dowry, greatly enhancing the festive flavor of the local marriage customs. The Lu brocade (Lujin) of Juancheng County is said to have originated in the Yuan dynasty; during the Qing dynasty, the Lu brocade of Puzhou (present-day Juancheng County, Shandong Province) was used as a tribute product.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
Female, Han ethnicity, born in July 1944 in Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province. Representative bearer of Lujin Weaving Craftsmanship, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. A Lujin weaving technician. From childhood she followed her mother in learning the entire Lujin weaving process; by her youth she had mastered the weaving techniques of every type of heddle and all the patterns current in the locality, and her sense of colour coordination steadily improved. In middle age she began to innovate on the basis of the traditional craft, creating a technique of her own for weaving Chinese characters in Lujin, which added cultural resonance to the fabric. At the same time she has designed nearly one hundred patterns, brilliant in colour and elegant in taste. Within the documented technical tradition of Lujin Weaving Craftsmanship in Jiaxiang, Shandong: Lu brocade is a textile of Shandong, woven with colored cotton threads in warp and weft. Because its geometric patterns are as brilliant as brocade, it is called "Lu brocade"; in southwestern Shandong it is commonly known as "tubu" (homeland cloth) or "cubu" (coarse cloth), among other names. The Lu brocade weaving craft is mainly distributed in the cities of Jining and Heze in Shandong Province and surrounding areas, with Juancheng County and Jiaxiang County of Jining City being the most representative. The Lu brocade of Juancheng County interweaves colored threads into various geometric patterns, and through changes such as parallelism, repetition, continuity, spacing, and contrast of the geometric patterns, forms a distinctive rhythm and cadence. The patterns are exquisite and antique, the colors brilliant, the varieties numerous, the texture fine and dense, comfortable and durable. Its unique hand-operated jacquard weaving craft and strongly color-contrasting patterns are clearly distinct from the hand-woven cloth of other regions of Shandong, possessing a vivid local character. Over the long course of years, the ingenious peasant women of Juancheng have continuously innovated and improved the Lu brocade weaving craft, gradually forming the unique modern Lu brocade style that integrates jacquard, pattern-beating, and pattern-picking techniques into one, showing brilliance within strength and refinement within ruggedness. Jiaxiang County produced mulberry and silkworms as early as the Spring and Autumn period, and its textile industry was highly developed. After the Yuan dynasty, cotton was planted on a large scale in Shandong, and the people of Jiaxiang applied the traditional silk-weaving skills to cotton textile craft, forming a folk cotton-cloth brocade. The Lu brocade weaving craft of Jiaxiang County comprises a total of 72 process steps, of which warping the warp, threading the reed, and threading the heddles are the most essential. The Lu brocade weaving of Jiaxiang County can dye 22 kinds of colored threads and weave around two thousand patterns. Jiaxiang County's Lu brocade has beautiful patterns, a great variety of types, and auspicious meanings; moreover, using natural raw materials and purely hand-woven, it is comfortable, environmentally friendly, widely applicable, and of strong practical value. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Recorded Process Steps": The Lu brocade weaving craft of Jiaxiang County comprises a total of 72 process steps, of which warping the warp, threading the reed, and threading the heddles are the most essential.
Recorded Process Steps
The Lu brocade weaving craft of Jiaxiang County comprises a total of 72 process steps, of which warping the warp, threading the reed, and threading the heddles are the most essential.
Core Technique I
Lu brocade is a textile of Shandong, woven with colored cotton threads in warp and weft.
Core Technique II
Because its geometric patterns are as brilliant as brocade, it is called "Lu brocade";
Core Technique III
in southwestern Shandong it is commonly known as "tubu" (homeland cloth) or "cubu" (coarse cloth), among other names.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
She has always been committed to the transmission of Lujin weaving and has trained a large number of successors.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
The Lu brocade (Lujin) of Juancheng County is said to have originated in the Yuan dynasty; during the Qing dynasty, the Lu brocade of Puzhou (present-day Juancheng County, Shandong Province) was used as a tribute product.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhao Fangyun | Jiaxiang, Shandong | 03-1363 | This page |
| Liu Aiyu | Juancheng, Shandong | — | Other regional school |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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