Megamendung motif used by the public as Cirebon batik motif base familiar to the people of Indonesia batik lovers, as well as for society batik lovers abroad. Evidence of motive Megamendung fame came from the city of Cirebon been used as the cover of a book published abroad batik entitled Batik Design by Pepin Van Roojen Dutch nation.

History of the emergence of motifs adopted by Megamendung Cirebon people drawn from a variety of books and literature always lead to the arrival of the history of China who came to the area of Cirebon. Clearly recorded in history that the Queen married Gunungjati Sunan Ong Tien from China. Some art objects brought from China among the ceramics, dishes, cloth berhiasan clouds form. Aan forms in different cultures the world over whenever symbolizes taken from schools of Taoism. Clouds form a broad picture of the world, free and meaningful transidental (Belief). The concept of these clouds also affect kesenirupaan world of Islam in the 16th century used by the Sufis for the expression of major world or nature.