How China Makes The World's Most Expensive Fabrics

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Xiangyunsha is a silk that's not only incredibly soft but also eco-friendly and antibacterial. It's giving modern synthetics a run for their money.
This is the intricate process behind this legendary fabric. From soaking and drying, to the unique rusty hue achieved through a special reaction involving a specific river mud in China and local yams-each step adds to the charm of what has become known as "soft gold."
We meet Liang Zhu, a local artisan with a wealth of knowledge about the rich history and cultural significance of Xiangyunsha. But these techniques aren't just passed down-they're carefully taught and honed through generations of skilled artisans. We're unravelling the secrets and wonders of Xiangyunsha, an ancient silk dying technique that has been solidified as part of China's cultural heritage.
#China #Ancient #Yams
00:00 Intro
00:21 Meet the expert, Liang Zhu
00:40 Origins of Xiangyunsha
01:15 How it's made
02:03 The secret sauce
02:51 This super-silk beats modern clothing
03:28 The legacy lives on
Production credits:
Producer - Wing Yinghua Leung
Director of Photography - Patrick Chengzhi Wang
Edit Producer - Louis Fitton
Editor - Steven Kelly
Graphics - Will Minns
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@GreatBigStory 2 месяца назад

Making silk from mud and yams is pure ART. What did you think the surprise materials would be before you watched this video? 👀💭

@MariaMartinez-researcher Месяц назад

I though it was about fabric made with some unusual material, not about the dyeing. Like sea silk, which is made from clam secretions.

@WorldCitizenW 7 дней назад

I was teaching fashion design in Guangzhou from 2009-2013. I understand half of the old man saying. Most of my students family are in the garment business. We never seen, heard of this textile. From what I saw in this short presentation, the fabric doesn't feel comfortable or easy to wrap. The old man seems to be from the communist era, maybe it's comfortable to him. I can see this textile in home textiles, table cloth, decorative pillows, placemats etc

@Sjalabais 2 месяца назад

Traditional artisanal Chinese goods are strangely underrepresented on RU-vid. Great video!

@HattieMcDanielonaMoon 7 дней назад

RU-vid is banned in China so it is not that surprising

@Sjalabais 17 часов назад

@@HattieMcDanielonaMoon That doesn't mean that content can't leave the country and be presented here.

@ThadDePadua9928 2 месяца назад

A notification about Silk art!? Instant like, no but seriously; these types of crafts are always impressive to me. The dedication is spot on. ;-;

@jeanhawken4482 Месяц назад

Never underestimate the brilliance of China’s skills

@zen391 Месяц назад

When did you start this channel again, I'm happy for Great Big Story to be back😊

@GreatBigStory Месяц назад

We came back early last year 🙌

@MrJello8bw Месяц назад

I’m actually so happy

@Pomatopedia 2 месяца назад

Great Big Story about Shunde? YES PLEASE!

@RobAndrews18 2 месяца назад

That fabric looks so badass! ❤❤❤

@chalkiememe4183 Месяц назад

I thoroughly enjoyed that video. I learned something completely new and very interesting.

@GreatBigStory Месяц назад

Thank you for watching! We love reading comments like this 😁

@Duncanabell Месяц назад

Cherish the people around you because they make life worth living. Make the most of every day and live it to the fullest because we never know how much time we have left. I wish you good health, a bright future and a happy life. May you always be surrounded by love and support. 🙏🙏🙏

@aspiring... 2 месяца назад

Beautiful I hope I can buy some one day.

@Joy.383 23 дня назад

That’s exactly why you shouldn’t drink tea (from tea leaves) till 2-3 hours after eating iron- rich food. The tanin in the tea reacts with the iron to form a complex and prevents it from being absorbed in the guts.

@JamesRaynerGBS 2 месяца назад

So, exceptionally beautiful!!

@nathaniela.perkins7694 2 месяца назад

Very interesting.

@TheNoerdy 2 месяца назад

Strained US/China relationships are so sad. They are such a wonderful country with amazing people. I hope our politicians will allow open peace and love one day.

@TherealFroyoz 2 месяца назад

Really, bro. Tell that to China, who oppresses their people. Has nothing to do with America. China should be free of the tyranny of the government.

@jujitsujew23 2 месяца назад

Maybe if China wasn’t trying to dominate the world or didn’t have an extremely repressive authoritarian government we could have a better relationship with them. The people of China may be wonderful but the government is evil. They are trying to steal territory from the Philippines, continue to threaten Taiwan, and continue to torture the Uyghur people. Chinas government kidnaps journalist and may still be harvesting organs of prisoners…though they claim to have stopped doing it, why would anyone believe that?

@racksofish 2 месяца назад

That all depends on if Chinas government wants to stop acting a fool, until they get their shit together and stop being psychotic dictators that’s gonna be kinda hard unfortunately. But yes i agree, hopefully one day!

@trollingpcgames 2 месяца назад

The Chinese government has literally been caught trying to rig the British election and their hackers have been installing malware in American infrastructure so they can shut off the electricity in America… yet you place the blame on our politicians? Why would you want to have a friendly relationship with a country that proves over and over again that it wants to destroy your country?

@raeplaysval 2 месяца назад

yep if only the government was less shitty we would all be more happy the people are not its government ✌️

@ThierryTiramisu 2 месяца назад

Interesting!

@asgardali22 Месяц назад

I'm still sp happy great big story is back ❤

@spacemango1627 2 месяца назад

wow

@jmoa5758 Месяц назад

Sheeesh crazy stuff 🎉

@TalEdds 2 месяца назад

The shuliang yam is called Julia in the subtitles 😅

@fjordling Месяц назад

The RU-vid captions are AI-generated, and the AI apparently has a little trouble with the word 'shuliang'. I assume (and hope for the factual correctness) that GBS were willing to pay an actual human for the Chinese translations and subtitles, but not the English close captions.

@zcxAlex 2 месяца назад

interesting

@Herbs-Herb Месяц назад

Greetings: It was amazing. Few lines. " Exceeds Expectation By Miles" Light and soft, outshining the modern clothing All big plus when it comes to wearing Antibacterial, antiviral and sweat issues look small and sundry Quality increases with aging and less requirement of soap insecures the laundry Complex art with futuristic qualities can make sloths to develop allergies On par with nuclear fusion and clean energy Triumph of lifestyle and class with Science Unparalleled, second to none and just highlights elegance. Wonderful Day

@lester44444 14 дней назад

OH it's always so exciting when I get to hear cantonese out of nowhere haha

@Ooilei Месяц назад

Should use Catonese romanization to match what the man is saying, so Heungyunsa, not Mandarin Xiangyunsha

@hungvu262 Месяц назад

Similar to another video of this channel on kimono dyeing.

@JMPT 2 месяца назад

GBS Nice 🇨🇳👘

@wabalaka1565 6 дней назад

I never see this fabric in Chinese movie and I watch a lot of Chinese movie

@trekval 2 месяца назад

fabric

@anraesoliva8327 Месяц назад

WHUUTT BIG TIME STORY IS BACK

@Tilinsupremo22_23 2 месяца назад

You re very interesting npbro

@superpuppymann6527 2 месяца назад

been waiting for a great big story

@RanmaSyaoranSaotome 2 месяца назад

Is the narrator okay?

@kutter_ttl6786 2 месяца назад

Nah, he's just British.

@jessicag630 Месяц назад

What language does he speak? It sounds like Cantonese.

@iGaara19 Месяц назад

It's Cantonese.

@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 3 дня назад

Not even close to the worlds mist expencive fabric

@jefferyhanderson7849 Месяц назад

I’m surprised it survived the Cultural Revolution. But I’m grateful for that miracle.

@skraskraa._.5371 Месяц назад

traditional skills were not lost during the cultural revolution, they were repurposed for communism. You can find many traditional Chinese porcelain, silk embroidery, paper cuttings with communist themes from that period.

@skraskraa._.5371 Месяц назад

If you're surprised this tradition has survived the Cultural Revolution, you should be very happy to find that many other traditional crafts have continued to this day.

@anjunadeep.8384 Месяц назад

I'm surprised that you are "surprised" but you are doing a terrible job at pretending to be "surprised"😂😂😂

@thetwistedcube 2 месяца назад

First

@Cukito4 2 месяца назад

What the hell is a "dye yam"?

@luciaqiao 2 месяца назад

I believe it's a variety of yam that's used for dyeing (as opposed to edible kinds).

@Cukito4 2 месяца назад

@@luciaqiao So then it's written yam dye, not dye yam.

@kbye2321 Месяц назад

@@Cukito4 No, ‘cause that will describe the dye made from the yam and not the dye yam itself…

@Cukito4 Месяц назад

@@kbye2321 A dye made from yam is called a yam dye, not a dye yam. Thank GOD for my English education.

@kbye2321 Месяц назад

@@Cukito4 I mean, I was referring to your questions. A yam dye isn’t the *variety of yam* used for dyeing, which was what you asking about. That would be a dye yam, i.e. a type of yam used to dye stuff. Then, you corrected them and said “…it’s written as yam dye not dye yam,”, which is… not right? They were describing what was a dye yam (definition in previous paragraph). A yam dye, would describe specifically the dye that *comes from* the yam, not the yam itself, which was the thing you asking about. You also misunderstood my reply, because your answer to it (“yam dye” = “dye made from yam”) is literally the same in meaning as what I said. What do you want to get the definition of then? The yam dye (the type of dye gotten from yams) or dye yam (the type of yam for dyeing)?

@AR-ek1jr Месяц назад

Those yam looks beautiful and delicious. Such a waste it goes into making this.

@Bob-gn8ph Месяц назад

❤John 3,16 ❤

@bentcn8511 Месяц назад

expensive

@bobbymoss6160 Месяц назад

Great, now all the western hipster companies will wanna copy this silk making process and jack-up the price of this material even further. ugh

@rabbitazteca23 Месяц назад

IKr they should've kept this secret. The West will steal it like they do with so much ethnic inventions.

@420roachdoggjr 2 месяца назад

the hiatus killed this channel

@JamesRaynerGBS 2 месяца назад

Resuscitation 1 video at a time! 🔥 A good story is worth telling to 1, 10, 100, 100,000 people ❤

@sniffxy Месяц назад

@kbye2321 Месяц назад

True. But I mean, it’s not like they intentionally wanted to have their funding cut by CNN take a forced hiatus. It’s unfortunate…

@trollingpcgames 2 месяца назад

The river is probably one of the most polluted rivers in the world… it’s full of chemicals and heavy metals. How exactly is it the perfect place to dye fabric??

@totallylegit2068 2 месяца назад

what's wrong with dying fabric there?

@trollingpcgames Месяц назад

@@totallylegit2068 the most luxurious fabric in china is made in the most polluted river in china which will add a ton of heavy metals and chemicals to the finished fabric. I just have a hard time understanding why people would pay a lot of money for toxic fabric.

@kbye2321 Месяц назад

This seems to be done out in the country, in remoter parts of the Pearl River. But, yeah, the concern is valid.

@trollingpcgames Месяц назад

@@kbye2321 fair point. Although there were high rise buildings in the background so I’m not sure how remote it is.

@totallylegit2068 Месяц назад

first of all, this is not the most luxurious fabric, and second of all, the chemicals wash out @@trollingpcgames

@portalkey5283 Месяц назад

This is the Chinese people I grew up being familiar with. This is the China that I miss, not what that emperor-wanna-be in beijing is trying to create. Punishing the best of China like that hero doctor who alerted his colleagues on the then-mysterious illness or businessmen like Jack Ma who dared speak the sad truth about doing business in the mainland.

@rabbitazteca23 Месяц назад

boooo. The only chinese you like are the ones subervients and slaves to the west and not the strong and defiant China that is today. Too bad!

@anjunadeep.8384 Месяц назад

You are they fake commentor that I've grown up familiar with. Constantly provoking others to stir up unwarranted hatred that's in line with the narratives from the deep state in Washington. Yet I'm glad that you are doing a terrible job at it though.😅