绘、绣、织、印四种染织工艺是在纺织品上产生花纹的手段。商周时期主要采用绘和绣相结合的方法。秦汉以后,织与印的工艺已日趋成熟与发展,隋唐达到高峰。至明清,除绘花工艺逐步减少外,染、织、绣均已独立成为一种完美的工艺手段。与此同时,染织纹样的题材也随时代的变化从几何型、动物型向花鸟型发展,其纹样的形式也从符号型向叙述型转化。 Painted, embroidered, woven, India four kinds of dyeing process is to produce patterns on the textile means. Shang and Zhou Dynasties mainly painted and embroidered a combination of methods. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, weaving and printing process has matured and development, reached its peak in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. To the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in addition to painting gradually reduce the process, dyeing, weaving, embroidery have become a perfect independent of the means. At the same time, the theme of dyed patterns also changed with the times from the geometrical type and the animal type to the flower and bird type, and the patterns of the patterns also changed from symbolic type to narrative type.