What is called Miao batik

Batik, known as wax val in ancient times, is known as one of the three major printing techniques in ancient China, along with stranded val (tie-dyeing) and sandwiched val (openwork printing). Folk batik refers to the use of plant indigo as a dye on the cloth to cause the effect of blue and white, especially the dyeing of light kneading, after breaking the wax to form a natural "ice pattern", so that the handicrafts to produce a unique artistic effect

Wax dyeing should actually be called "Wax Anti-Dyeing It is not rare if it is only white flowers on blue ground, which is no different from blue printed cloth. The soul of batik is "ice pattern", which is a kind of dyeing pattern caused by folding and bursting of wax, resulting in uneven dye coloring and penetration, and it is regarded as a kind of pattern texture with abstract colors

As early as in the Qin and Han Dynasties, people of Miao, Yao, Buyi and other minorities in Southwest China have mastered the batik technique. According to Guizhou General Records, "wax was used to paint flowers on the cloth and dye it, and when the wax was removed, the pattern was like painting", and this kind of batik cloth was called "Appendix Spotted Cloth", and because it was mainly produced in the Miao and Yao areas, it was also called "Autumn Spotted Cloth". This kind of batik cloth was once called "appendage spot cloth". In the Song Dynasty, the Wuxi area's "Wax Mantle" (batik) was very popular. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Miao people in Qianzhong wore batik fabrics.

The batik of the Miao people in Guizhou is the most famous, with fine patterns, ingenious treatment of dots, lines and surfaces, and reasonable deployment of color levels, which is of high artistic level, and also provides research value for various disciplines such as anthropology, aesthetics and craftsmanship. As one of the most ancient ethnic groups in China, the history of the Miao people goes back to the ancient times, represented by Chi You as the Miao barbarians, and even earlier Jiu Li and the three Miao. The Miao people have their own colorful national culture and folk skills, including batik craft to make it unique in the entire handicraft industry.