Yǐqián, míngguì de shūhuà cháng yòng sòngjǐn lái zhuāngbiǎo.
In the past, valuable paintings and calligraphy were often mounted with Song brocade.
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Named after the Song dynasty, whose brocade patterns Suzhou weavers took up and carried on in later centuries. With 云锦 from Nanjing and 蜀锦 from Sichuan it is one of China's 三大名锦, the 'three famous brocades'.
