Yunjian is a kind of clothing developed from the early fairy costume. The early cloud shoulders were mostly wing-shaped and fell on both sides of the shoulders. However, judging from the hundreds of plays in the murals of Han tombs in Yinan, there are also clouds around the neck. Around the Song and Jin Dynasties, cloud shoulders around the neck gradually became the mainstream. By the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Yun Jian had spread to all social strata, especially when getting married, and became an indispensable costume for young women.

In the Qing dynasty, Guangdong took peacock feathers as the thread, embroidered scores and cloud shoulder cuffs. Later, when I was 20 years old or married, I wore cloud shoulders. The shape of the cloud shoulder is mostly "four in one" shape, and there are also strips. The production of cloud shoulders is generally made into two layers of eight hanging clouds, and each cloud is embroidered with flowers, birds, grass and insects, or embroidered with operas and stories. It takes a long time to embroider a beautiful cloud shoulder, and the exquisite craftsmanship is amazing. There are various stitches in Yun Jian embroidery, such as arm pulling, needle connecting, needle roller, pine needle, sewing thread, punching, gold winding, needle grabbing, Qi Zhen and so on, and there are many styles.

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Cloud shoulders are often decorated with four moire patterns, mostly made of colorful brocade. Leaves reflect the sun like clouds after rain, and rainbows are scattered in the clear sky, so it is called cloud shoulder. Yun Jian is a unique costume style in the costume culture of Han nationality, which is rich in decorative patterns, artistic symbolic language, digital implication and profound cultural heritage. Yunjian is also a model of ingenious design of plane and three-dimensional design in the history of China clothing.

Cloud shoulders, also called shawls, are mostly made of satin and brocade. Most cloud shoulders are composed of four kinds of moire patterns, which are called four-in-one wishful pattern, willow pattern and lotus pattern. There are auspicious propositions such as rich peony, long life, and more than one year. It was very popular in Ming and Qing dynasties, and it was mostly used in wedding banquets and other occasions.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yun Jian