Xiangyunsha silk
Xiangyunsha silk (traditional Chinese: 香雲紗; simplified Chinese: 香云纱; pinyin: Xiāng-yún-shā) or Gambiered Guangdong silk is a type of silk originating in the 5th century from Guangdong province (also known as Canton) in China that is created by dyeing silk with gambier juice and covering it in soil from the Pearl River, resulting in a copper color on one side and a black color on the other. == History == The name "Xiangyunsha" silk has at least nine sets of characters to name and mean the silk, with seven meanings referring to the materials and/or process to make the silk, and two meanings that refer to the sensory experience of wearing the silk: "singing silk cloth" and "fragrant cloud silk cloth".