What are the characteristics of Dali straw weaving in the small classroom of handicraft art

The weaving of Dali straw hat is a traditional handicraft of Bai people in Dali area. It is said that there was a straw hat street near Taihe City during Nanzhao period, and the street name still exists in Taihe Village, Qiliqiao, Dali City. In the past, the sewing of straw hats was all hand-made, with limited output and monotonous color varieties. Nowadays, the Bai villagers in Dali give full play to their traditional advantages, introduce modern crafts and make full use of their leisure time. Every household weaves straw hats. No matter in quadrangles, fields, or on the roadside of village clubs, you can see women with straw in their elbows and grass braids in their fingers. They bleach the braided grass and sew it into finished products of various styles. The top grade is the raw material with thin stem, thin skin, white color, dense and uniform knitting and dense sewing shaft and needle.

Because Dali straw hat has the beauty of traditional simplicity, many varieties of colors and cheap prices, it has been in short supply for several years, and the product styles are constantly innovating, such as "bosom friend hat", "British hat" and "children's hat". "Embroidered hat" is deeply loved by domestic and foreign tourists. The series products are mainly sold to hot spots such as Xishuangbanna and Dehong Prefecture, and some of them are sold overseas.

Straw weaving is a traditional handicraft followed by Dali folk, which has a wide variety, rich resources and different colors, forming different characteristics of all ethnic groups. There are mainly traditional straw weaving, wheat straw weaving and brown silk weaving. According to historical records, in the early Ming Dynasty, "Yongchang place (Dali was Yongchang in the Ming Dynasty) once set up a workshop to teach it to learn the method of straw weaving in Shandong". Generation after generation. In recent years, due to the market demand and the development of tourism, there are more and more kinds of straw products in Dali, including straw curtains, straw mats, straw baskets, straw fans, straw mats, straw toys and so on. It's just a grass basket, colorful and diverse, dazzling. Straw products are embroidered with patterns that people like to see, such as butterflies, camellia, three pagodas, Erhai Lake, Cangshan Mountain and animals. They are unique, beautiful, economical and practical. They are not only loved by people of all ethnic groups in China, but also exported to the United States, Europe and Southeast Asian countries.