Dream of the Red Chamber, as a Chinese classical literature treasure, is highly praised for its literary value, and its delicate description of ancient women's textile labor and emotional expression can serve as a unique and valuable basis for modern academic research. In this study, 20 volunteers with a fabric-making foundation were carefully selected and divided into a control group and an observation group to participate in a unique fabric-making experiment. The control group was instructed to make simple plain fabrics, without a specific emotional orientation, and the observation group was instructed to find fabrics with a specific emotional color pattern in Dream of the Red Chamber, then learn how to make the pattern. Results showed that the volunteers in the observation group spent a considerable amount of time making their fabrics based on Dream of the Red Chamber, made numerous adjustments, and scored high in energy consumption, weaving difficulty, warp and weft yarn density, pattern and color richness, and emotional engagement. This study found that the textile work of and feelings expressed by the ancient women in Dream of the Red Chamber have certain reference significance in modern textile work. In ancient times, women infused fabrics with their emotions and made them a carrier of their thoughts and emotions. In modern fabric design and production, practitioners can learn from the deep integration of emotions and technology to make fabrics with not only practical value but also unique emotional and cultural connotations to meet people's growing spiritual and cultural needs.

dream of the Red Chamber, ancient women, textile labor, emotional expression