Zhuang Culture Introduction to the Ethnic Characteristics of Zhuang Brocade

The Zhuang brocade, with its delicate patterns and brilliant colors, is both an exquisite handicraft and of high practical value. The Zhuang brocade is famous for its chic pattern, bright color, durability and strong ethnic characteristics. Zhuang folk brocade varieties of covers, bed blankets, backpacks, hanging bags, tablecloths, aprons, head scarves, clothes, edges and corners.

1, weaving technology

Zhuang people in the long-term labor to figure out a set of Zhuang brocade weaving technology. They use hand looms equipped with support systems, transmission devices, sub-hearing devices and jacquard devices, with cotton yarn as the warp, with a variety of colorful velvet as the weft, the use of through the warp and weft breakage of the method of skillful interweaving and become. The traditional small wooden machine, also known as bamboo cage machine, is equipped with a "flower cage" for weaving patterns, and the flower cage is the most important feature of the Zhuang brocade loom.

2, Zhuang brocade color

"Red with green, look not vulgar", which reflects the Zhuang brocade weavers on some of the requirements of the Zhuang brocade color: not only colorful, but also durable. Zhuang more like heavy color, red, yellow, blue, green as the basic color, the rest is the complementary color, contrast strong, with red as the background, full of warm, active, cheerful atmosphere; with green as a backdrop, there is a cheerful mood; such as yellow and green configuration, it is gorgeous and moving. A strong brocade, often with several colors or even a dozen colors with the composition, due to the proper configuration, appears splendid, rich and unified. Contrast and harmony, ancient colorful and deep, gorgeous but not vulgar. The characteristics of the Zhuang brocade color application are: less to see more, pure and simple in the see rich, elegant in the see colorful, contrast is sharp and strong. It shows the warm, bright, brave and simple character of the Zhuang people.

3, Zhuang brocade pattern

Zhuang brocade pattern constitutes the pattern of roughly three kinds of styles: first, plain weave two sides of continuous and four sides of continuous geometric patterns, composed of continuous geometric patterns, appear simple and bright; second, a variety of geometric patterns as the base, decorated with animal and plant motifs, the formation of multi-level composite graphic, the pattern is clear and have a sense of relief; third, with a variety of geometric pattern size, combination, square and round interspersed, weave a variety of geometric patterns, the size of the pattern, the size of the pattern, the size of the pattern, the size of the pattern. Combined, square and round interspersed, woven into a dense and rhythmic composite geometric patterns, there is a rigorous and harmonious beauty.

There are dozens of traditional patterns, most of which are selected from the visible life and symbolize the auspicious and happy patterns, especially geometric patterns. Commonly, there are chevron, "" pattern, water wave pattern, cloud pattern, back to the pattern, weaving pattern, concentric circles, as well as a variety of flowers and animal images, such as butterflies, phoenix through the peony, double dragons playing with beads, lions rolling the ball, carp jumped the Dragon Gate, and so on. The phoenix pattern in the Zhuang brocade takes the lead, "ten pieces of Zhuang brocade nine pieces of phoenix, living like a phoenix out of the brocade". This is because the Zhuang people love the phoenix and regard it as a symbol of good luck. The rich and wonderful patterns fully reflect the simple and healthy aesthetic taste of the Zhuang people, reflecting their love and respect for life, nature and national culture.