Editing Sichuan (section)

=== Sichuan brocade ===
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[[File:Sichuan brocade, double bird pattern 2.png|thumb|Sichuan brocade manufactured between the 7th and early 10th century, featuring double bird in floral roundel pattern; collection of [[Chengdu Museum]].]]
Commonly known as "Shu brocade" ({{lang|zh-hant|蜀錦}}) in Chinese, Sichuan brocade is referred to as the "mother of brocade in China" given its age.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Wang |first=Yeting |date=2018 |title=Road Heritage: Ancient and Modern Shu brocade and Southern Silk Road |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328226896 |journal=Revista de Arquitetura IMED |volume=7 |issue=1 |page=165 |doi=10.18256/2318-1109.2018.v7i1.2933 |s2cid=134170907 |access-date=March 17, 2023|doi-access=free }}</ref> This technique of embroidery originates in the capital city of [[Chengdu]] during the time of the [[Shu (kingdom)|Ancient Kingdom of Shu]]. It enjoyed high popularity throughout the regions along the [[Silk Road]], which stimulated an "[[Exoticism|exoticization]]" of the embroidery designs during the 1st millennium, with most of the patterns imported from [[Sogdia]] and other parts of [[Central Asia]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Cheng |first1=Si |last2=Qiao |first2=Hong |date=2022 |title=唐代蜀锦团窠纹的审美特征 |trans-title=Aesthetic Characteristics of ''Tuanke'' Pattern of Shu Brocade in Tang Dynasty |url=http://www.fzkjjz.com/UploadDoc/944_20220620135913.pdf |language=zh-hans |magazine=Progress in Textile Science & Technology |location=Chengdu |publisher=Sichuan Textile Science & Technology Intelligence Center; Sichuan Textile Engineering Academy |page=56 |access-date=March 17, 2023}}</ref> According to the ''[[Book of Sui]]'', in the year 605 AD, the head of the Sichuan ateliers producing silks in the "western style" was a certain He Chou, a name which betrays his Sogdian origins.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transoxiana.org/Eran/Articles/compareti.html |title=The role of the Sogdian Colonies in the diffusion of the pearl roundels pattern |last=Compareti |first=Matteo |date=2003 |website=transoxiana.org |access-date=March 17, 2023}}</ref> Most of the silk products unearthed in [[Xinjiang]] ([[History of Xinjiang|Chinese Turkestan]]) and [[Qinghai]] ([[Tuyuhun|Tuyuhun Kingdom]]) confirmed to be manufactured in Sichuan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdmuseum.com/xinwen/202011/2005.html |title=凭什么说新疆、青海出土的锦，好多都是蜀锦？ |trans-title=Why are most of the brocades unearthed in Xinjiang and Qinghai made in Sichuan? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 2, 2017 |website=[[Chengdu Museum|cdmuseum.com]] |language=zh-hans |access-date=March 17, 2023}}</ref>