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Speaking of which, the brocade horse-face skirt she wore had a rather light and elegant pattern, but it had a vague shape, which explains why it looked like a print if you didn't look closely.

Traditional brocade patterns have clear boundaries and vivid, rich colors, making them look more magnificent.

However, the elegant, modern color scheme suited Xiaomeng's aesthetic better. The floral-patterned horse-face skirt that designer Xiong Zijian got for her must have been specially designed and customized; it didn't directly use old-fashioned patterns and color schemes, which explains why it suited modern tastes so well.

Xiaomeng took a picture of herself visiting a fine brocade shop and sent it to designer Xiong Zijian, thanking him for his outstanding work in the caption.

As soon as Xiong Zijian saw the photo on his phone, he knew where she was. "You went to visit the Yunjin Research Institute's exhibition hall. Come on, go check their warehouse and see if there's anything nice. Pack it up and bring it back. I'll make you new clothes."

Xiaomeng replied with an emoji of an old man on the subway looking at his phone.

My friend Xiaoping took Xiaomeng to see some modern silk fabric exhibition halls. "Wow, these Hanfu made of silk are so beautiful! Did rich people in ancient times really wear such high-quality fabrics?"

Xiaomeng pointed to the text description under the clothes, "Absolutely, it says so on, it's a one-to-one reconstruction based on silk fabrics unearthed from the ancient tomb."

"Wow, those ancient craftsmen were amazing! The clothes made from this fabric are so beautiful. I really want to try them on. I wonder if they'd be comfortable."

Xiaomeng was intrigued and wanted to try it out too. She figured the experience of wearing modern silk clothing was definitely different from wearing real ancient Hanfu. "How about we go to the Hanfu experience center together after work?"

"Great! I've been wanting to try period costume photography for ages. There are so many great places around Jinling. Which spot do you think we should visit later?"

"I don't know either, I'll ask someone later."

"Xiaomeng, come here quickly, our next stop is to visit a silk textile factory," Manager Teng called to them.

"Xiaomeng, this is Director Wang of the silk textile factory. The silk textile factory in Jinling has a history of more than 50 years and has done a lot of work in the inheritance and protection of Nanjing brocade."

The silk mill can produce various types and specifications of silk products, including all kinds of Yun brocade and Song brocade fabrics.

When Manager Teng introduced Xiaomeng to him, Director Wang, being a man of good manners, warmly invited Xiaomeng and her companions to visit the factory.

Then Xiaomeng was directly impacted by the modern textile machinery and technology.

Because of her limited experience, Xiaomeng still remembered looms as wooden machines that creaked and groaned.

However, the fully automated looms in modern factories are not like that.

Inside the enormous factory buildings, rows upon rows of looms stretched as far as the eye could see.

Inside the factory workshop, everything was clean and bright, with fully automatic looms tirelessly turning up and down.

There were very few workers in the factory; each person was responsible for at least five or six machines. Throughout the factory, only a few workers could be seen moving around.

"No wonder clothes are so cheap these days. I bought a coat for just over a hundred the other day; it was pure cotton and the fabric was quite crisp. They must all be using these kinds of weaving machines now." Xiaoping

Factory Director Wang looked at his production workshop with pride, but also with a touch of sadness. "Of course, our machines have only recently been upgraded, and efficiency has at least doubled, with product qualification rates increasing by at least 20%. The improvement in production efficiency is obvious to all."

However, replacing the machines requires a huge investment and cost. Last year, we took out a loan of tens of millions of yuan to replace dozens of brocade jacquard machines...

Fortunately, the results were very good; our new fabrics this year have sold very well.

Factory Director Wang led them to see the latest brocade weaving machines. "Look," he said, "these are the brocade weaving machines we recently installed."

Looking at the shimmering gold fabric in front of her, Xiaomeng asked in surprise, "Isn't this Song brocade?"

"Yes, this is the new Song brocade. According to the ancient method, two skilled weavers could only produce ten centimeters a day at best. With the latest loom, they can produce ten meters a day."

"There's also a machine for weaving brocade over here. This brocade weaving machine was designed and manufactured independently by our country, and we own all the intellectual property rights to the technology." Director Wang was still very proud.

"With this mobile loom, Nanjing brocade and Song brocade can now be made available to ordinary people, instead of just being royal tributes."