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What is the wax prevention mode in Southeast Asia?

Anti-wax pattern in Southeast Asia refers to the pattern of resist agent in traditional dyed fabrics in Southeast Asian countries. Traditional patterns mainly include Mao Mao rain pattern, textile pattern, rattan pattern, dripping tower pattern, fruit outline pattern, flame pattern, snake pattern, shadow pattern, wing pattern, patch pattern, butterfly pattern, persimmon pattern and pine nut pattern. Kirin pattern, Feng Huangwen pattern, buffalo pattern and various auspicious animal patterns originated in China; Flowers, birds, bouquets, boats, trains and fairy tales from Europe; The background pattern consists of fish scale pattern, texture pattern and spider web pattern. Wax-proof patterns in Southeast Asia were produced in the18th century, and are handmade by local women. Small brass tools are dipped in wax solution to draw a pattern on the cloth, and then dyed and dewaxed. The number of processes is determined by the number of color sets. Traditional patterns mostly come from nature and religion, and each pattern has a variety of patterns, with meanings and symbols, freehand brushwork and decoration, with white, brown, indigo and purplish red as colors; The patterns originated in Europe present realistic and aesthetic modeling characteristics, and the colors are gorgeous and rich. Because it used to be the royal cloth in the palace, the shape presents exquisite and artistic characteristics. Wax-proof patterns are very popular in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia Peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra, South India and other countries. Among them, Java wax pattern in Indonesia is the most famous, which is deeply loved by people in Africa, India, Europe and other countries and has become a widely circulated dyed fabric pattern.