A 500-Year-Old Silk Tradition, Woven into a Bag

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Five centuries ago, under the southern Chinese sun, artisans began dyeing silk not with chemicals — but with the earth itself.

What emerged was Xiang Yun Sha (香云纱) silk, a textile so exquisite, it was once reserved for nobility; now recognised nationally as China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage (2008).

Today, Tang Heritage revives this endangered art form, transforming it into heirloom pieces for the modern bag collector.

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Washed 3 Times, Boiled 9 Times, Dried 18 Times — By Hand

The Making Of An Heirloom Textile

Each length of Xiang Yun Sha silk undergoes a ritual spanning 30 to 40 days, guided not by machines... but by sunlight, patience, and human hands.

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The process demands not only physical endurance but years of training — three to four years just to become proficient in the dyeing and sun-curing craft. This mastery marks a true artisan’s status, as few achieve the precision required to perfect every layer.

  • Washed 3 Times: Each wash purifies the silk, removing what’s superficial to reveal what’s pure.
  • Boiled 9 Times: Boiled in wild yam extract, the silk absorbs nature’s tannins, deepening into its signature bronze tone.
  • Dried 18 Times: Laid by hand on open grass fields, the fabric is sun-dried daily, absorbing the warmth, wind, and scent of the earth.


Every stage of this process is a labor-intensive meditation in patience, essentially a month-long dialogue between human craft and natural rhythm.

How It's Made—Full Timeline

Cloud Silk Isn’t Just Rare, It Makes You Look Rare

An Endangered Art, Once Only Worn By Royalty

A silk that makes every outfit look effortlessly refined.

The way it catches sunlight.
The quiet, bronze-like patina that forms over time.
The unmistakable softness.

These aren’t effects you can replicate with synthetic dyes or machine-made silk.

They come only from a slow, natural process shaped by sunlight, river minerals, and time — the very things that give Xiang Yun Sha its unmistakable glow.

And as months pass, it only gets better.

More character. More depth. More you.

40 Hours of Handcraft, For a Bag You’ll Carry for a Lifetime

An Artisan’s Pride

Cloud Silk is an heirloom textile — shaped by nature, refined by tradition, and entrusted only to artisans with over 20 years of experience.

Each bag requires over 40 hours of slow, intentional handwork.

Every cut is measured with care.
Every seam is guided by instinct formed over decades of practice.
Every detail is shaped with the quiet precision Cloud Silk demands.

When you carry a Cloud Silk bag, you’re carrying the result of someone’s patience, pride, and mastery…

A level of work that most modern luxury houses no longer offer.

Forty hours for us.

A lifetime companion for you.

The Heart

The Art of Sustainable Preservation

Xiang Yun Sha embodies sustainability not as a trend, but as a philosophy. An unbroken dialogue between humanity and the earth.

  • Sun-Cured, Earth-Dyed

    Each piece of silk is dyed and cured in the open air, laid on grass fields, bathed in river mud, and dried by sunlight.

    This natural alchemy replaces synthetic dyes with the chemistry of the elements themselves, leaving behind no waste and no toxins.

  • Dyed With Earth's Essence

    Its signature bronze-black hue comes from the roots of the wild yam, an indigenous plant rich in tannins.

    The dye is entirely biodegradable — harmless to skin, waterways, and soil — a textile that gives back to nature as it takes form.

3× Higher Craftsmanship at 6× Lower Cost

The Promise

We don’t cut quality. We cut middleman.

Luxury bags typically retail for $2,200–$5,000 in traditional retail boutiques — not because they cost that much to produce, but because of the 5–6 layers of markups between the artisan and the customer.

Tang Heritage removes all that.

No retail landlords.
No wholesalers.
No middlemen.

Just highly-skilled master artisans, premium cowhide, and rare Xiang Yun Sha silk delivered straight to you.

This is how we offer world-class craftsmanship at a fraction of what traditional luxury brands would charge.

A Promise That Outlasts Time

The Commitment

Tang Heritage was built for people who value meaning over fashion, and longevity over noise.

Each Cloud Silk Peony piece is a tribute to the artisans who kept this 500-year-old craft alive; so that today, someone like you could own something truly enduring.

This bag is handmade.

It is time-honored, carrying the spirit of the past into the life you’re creating now.

A symbol of patience.

A symbol of refinement.

A 500-year-old dialogue between past and present.

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How It's Made: 30-40 Days of Making

Step 1

Day 1

Extracting Nature’s Dye

The process begins with freshly harvested Shu Liang roots, ground and pressed to release a natural juice rich in tannins.The extract must be used the same day, before oxygen dulls its power.

Step 2

Days 2 to 3

The First Immersion

Silk is soaked in the freshly prepared plant extract, then air-dried indoors for two days. Each strand absorbs its first bronze hue, a fragile foundation that sets the tone for everything that follows

Step 3

Days 4 to 10

Sun, Patience, and Repetition

For the next seven days, artisans brush dye onto the silk and lay it beneath the southern sun; repeating this cycle five to six times. Each exposure deepens the tone and binds the tannins into the silk’s core.

Step 4

Days 11 to 25

Deep Dye Fixation

Across the next fifteen days, the dyeing and sun-drying ritual continues. Each piece is handled, lifted, and laid down more than a dozen times. By now, the silk has absorbed every shade of patience.

Step 5

Days 26 to 30

The Mud Alchemy

From the Pearl River Delta, artisans collect iron-rich mud that reacts naturally with the tannins to create Xiang Yun Sha’s bronze-black glow. The silk rests under open skies as science and nature fuse; sunlight oxidizing the minerals into permanent beauty.

Step 6

Days 31 to 35

Washing, Sun-Curing, and Refinement

Once the mud dries, it is rinsed away and the coating repeated several times. Each cycle polishes the surface, softens the fibers, and enhances the lustre. After thirty-five days, the silk breathes, fragrant with the memory of soil and sunlight.

Step 7

Beyond The 35 Days

The Artisan’s Mastery

It takes three to four years of apprenticeship before an artisan can master this process. Timing, weather, and instinct decide success.

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Heritage Refund Policy: 30 Days of Confidence

At Tang Heritage, we stand by the quality and craftsmanship of our products with our Heritage Refund Policy. If there’s any issue with your order, you can contact us at cs@tangheritage.com within 30 days of receiving it, and we’ll make it right — no questions asked.

This iron-clad quality assurance guarantee has been part of our commitment to excellence since the very beginning, ensuring your peace of mind with every purchase. It’s also the reason our customers trust us and keep coming back year after year.

Experience the artistry of Tang Heritage risk-free, knowing that your satisfaction is always our top priority.

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