Grass mat of bushel mat

The Zhaoqing straw mat is a famous traditional craft and practical product of Zhaoqing. The production of grass mats in Zhaoqing began in the Song Dynasty, and began to develop into an important side business for local farmers in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the raw material for weaving straw mats, cattail, was mainly produced in the leaching lakes and wild ponds around the Qixingyan, but after a large lake was built around the Qixingyan in 1956, this kind of cattail was no longer seen. Nowadays, weaving mats of grass mainly from the south bank of the Xijiang River, Gao Yao City, Bai Tu and Jindu area, it is long, thin, glossy, pliable, "Sailor's beard," the reputation. After drying in the sun, the grass is selected, pounded, rinsed and dyed before it is woven. Now there are nearly 100,000 people engaged in the weaving of Zhaoqing straw mats in the suburbs of the city and in Gaoyao, etc., and more than 17 million mats of various kinds are woven every year. There are sleeping mats, pillow mats, sofa mats and bag mats, and white mats and flower mats in terms of colors and varieties. Zhaoqing flower mats are brightly colored, with a wide variety of flowers, such as butterflies, birds, chain buttons, two dragons fighting for pearls, two phoenixes rising from the sun, heart to heart and other auspicious motifs, just like an exquisite craft painting screen. Zhaoqing grass mats to fine no grass for the top grade.