Video: The thousand years China’s Kesi Culture

Video: The thousand years China’s Kesi Culture 中國千年的緙絲文化

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Kesi, also known as engraved silk, is a traditional Chinese silk fabric. It is woven in a Kesi method. The weft does not traverse the entire width, but only interweaves with the warp where necessary. This is called the “passing warp and breaking weft” method. The front and back of the finished product are the same, and the contours of different colors are not connected. The dots of pores can be seen from the backlight of the air, just like carved with a knife. 緙絲，又稱刻絲，是中國傳統的一種絲織品，其特色是以緙織方式織造，緯線並不橫貫全幅，而僅在需要處與經線交織，稱為「通經斷緯」法。其成品正反兩面如一，在不同色彩的輪廓之間並不相連，憑空背光觀察可見點點孔隙，有如以刀鏤刻而成。