Abstract
In the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese and Spanish successively opened up two trade routes through the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, establishing the Maritime Silk Road from China to Europe and America. Since then, Chinese silk has been continuously sold to the West. Although the export volume of silk fabrics in the late Ming Dynasty is considerable, many western museums still have a certain amount of silk fabrics at that time, due to the lack of source records in the collection, it is difficult to trace the origin of their trade, and it is more difficult to clarify the origin of their varieties, decorative style, transmission path, as well as their functions and influence overseas. This paper is based on craftsmanship and ornamental styles of silk fabrics in the Ming Dynasty in Western museums, including Kesi, Zhuang Hua satin, Song brocade and so on, as well as the influence of the Ming Dynasty’s policy of tribute on silk trade. The change of the form of silk trade in the late Ming Dynasty and the development of Jiangnan silk producing areas in China is sorted out. At the same time, this paper aims at clari-fying the characteristics of culture in visual sense of the main varieties, origin, ways of transmission and decorative styles of Chinese export silk fabrics in the late Ming Dynasty. In addition, along with the spread of Chinese silk fabrics to the west, Chinese weavers began to weave new patterns integrating Chinese and Western cultural elements, such as a textile with crowned double headed eagles, which created visual symbols with the characteristics of the times, reflecting the multidimensional "dialogue" function established by Chinese silk fabrics between Chinese and Western cultures, highlighting the era style of globalization and communication.
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How to cite this paper
Research on the Globalized Dissemination and Cultural “Dialogue” Function of Silk Goods in Jiangnan of China in the Late Ming Dynasty
How to cite this paper: Hui Ma. (2023) Research on the Globalized Dissemination and Cultural “Dialogue” Function of Silk Goods in Jiangnan of China in the Late Ming Dynasty. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 7(4), 772-779.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.04.023