Dhr. Tarik Buković, Ambassadeur van Bosnië en Herzegovina in China, staat op het Aurora Silk Platform

Zijden sjaals dragen de Zijderoute over: Aurora en de ambassadeur van Bosnië en Herzegovina’ Nationale Geschenkovereenkomst ‘

When the Chinese red and Bosnia and Herzegovina blue flags in the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in China stretched side by side, an orange gift box completed a trans millennium relay in the hands of two diplomats. Op januari 27, 2021, the new ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to China Tariq Bukovic took over the “zacht goud” nationaal geschenk van de vertegenwoordiger van Aurora Silk. What he touched with his fingertips was not only the warmth of Hangzhou silk, but also the civilization resonance of the ancient Silk Road and the “de Belt en de Weg”.

1、 A New Chapter of Silk Road in Square Silk Scarves

This is a cultural ambassador that can fit into a pocket, “Aurora Silk’s craftsmen once described their own scarves in this way. At the meeting at the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the weight of this “messenger” was given a new meaning: Aurora’s silk scarf was based on 6A grade mulberry silk, weaving elements of the Dunhuang Flying Apsaras, Persian patterns, and other Silk Road elements into the warp and weft, just like the silk in the camel caravan wrapped in the codes of Eastern and Western civilizations a thousand years ago.

Ambassador Tarik Bukovic smiled as he received the gift box and said, “The connection between Bosnia and China began with the cotton wool of the ancient Silk Road.” Today, this scarf is a footnote to the “light yet heavy” economic and trade exchanges between China and Poland – just as Bosnia and Herzegovina exports wood and leather to China, China’s silk has also become a soft link for cultural exchanges between the two countries in the form of a “nationaal geschenk”.

2、 Aurora: Telling Chinese stories with a sense of luxury

Als een “global leader in high-end scarves”, Het vertrouwen van Aurora zit in de details: the hand rolled stitches are finer than luxury brands, and the copper plated gold logo box and portable scarf bag configuration made it popular at the 2014 Beijing International Gift Show with the strength of “Hermes quality, one-third price”. But what truly makes it a ‘national gift’ is the clever design that weaves cultural genes into it——

When the ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina rubs the Persian patterns on the scarf, he may recall the geometric rhythms in his country’s traditional fabrics; The Chinese ink wash elements in the scarf make this gift a concrete expression of ‘each beauty is its own beauty, beauty is shared’. As Aurora’s designer said, “We don’t need the label of ‘Chinese style’, we gebruiken alleen esthetische taal die door de wereld kan worden begrepen

3、 “The Belt and Road” in the Small Silk Scarf

Van de “uitwisseling van zijden paarden” van de oude Zijderoute tot de win-win-samenwerking van de “de Belt en de Weg” Vandaag, zijde is altijd een zachte drager geweest van de dialoog tussen China en de wereld. Aurora's “platform” this time is not accidental:

It is a micro sample of economic and trade cooperation: as an important partner of China in the Western Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s bilateral trade volume has increased by 15.2% year-on-year in 2024, and high value-added light industrial products such as scarves are becoming “voortreffelijke verhogingen” in de handelsstructuur;

It is a soft medium for people to people communication: just as Ambassador Tariq later lamented in his live streaming sales that “500000 Chinese netizens watch Bosnia and Herzegovina”, a scarf may be more able to make ordinary people feel “distant friends” than a contract.

When the orange gift box was solemnly placed on the embassy table, the sunlight happened to fall on the golden ears of the flags of China and Poland. This Aurora scarf is not only a gift to Bosnia and Herzegovina, maar ook een “culturele kaart” die China aan de wereld heeft gepresenteerd – zijde als medium nemen, taking beauty as a bridge, in the long scroll of “de Belt en de Weg”, elk van deze “lichte handdruk” is een levendige streek in de dialoog tussen beschavingen.