The Birthplace of Bamboo Weaving

Bamboo weaving art originated in Zhejiang.

Introduction of Bamboo Weaving:

Traditional bamboo weaving craft has a long history, rich in the crystallization of the hard work of the Chinese working people, bamboo weaving crafts are divided into fine silk crafts and coarse silk bamboo weaving crafts. 2008 June 7, bamboo weaving by the State Council approved the inclusion of the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. cultural heritage list.

History:

According to archaeological data, human beings were engaged in simple agriculture and animal husbandry after they began to settle down, and when there was a little surplus of rice and millet and hunted food, they stored the food and drinking water for the sake of occasional need. At this time, they used various tools such as stone axes and knives to cut the branches of plants to make baskets and utensils.

In practice, found that bamboo is dry, cracking strong, elasticity and toughness, and can weave easy to weave, strong and durable. Thus, bamboo became the main material for the preparation of vessels.

China's pottery also began in the Neolithic era, the formation of which is closely related to the preparation of bamboo weaving, ancestors inadvertently found that the container coated with clay in the fire burned through the water is not permeable to hold liquid. So they used the basket made of bamboo and rattan as a model, and then coated the inside and outside of the basket with paste to make the bamboo and rattan tires of the pottery pei.

The pottery was baked on the fire to make utensils. Later on, people stopped using bamboo weaving and braiding when they made various shaped embryonic samples directly from clay. However, they were still very fond of bamboo and rattan geometrical patterns, so they patted on the surface of the tau-pei in its semi-dry state to imitate the patterns of woven fabrics such as baskets, hampers, mats, etc., as a decorative feature.

In the Yin and Shang dynasties, the bamboo and rattan weaving patterns were enriched. On the pottery printing pattern appeared chevron pattern, rice character pattern, back pattern, wave pattern and other decorations. To the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the utilization of bamboo has been expanded, bamboo weaving gradually like the craft aspects of the development of bamboo weaving patterns of decorative smell is more and more strong, weaving is also increasingly fine.

The Warring States period also produced a commitment to the study of bamboo weaving techniques, he is Taishan. Warring States period of Chu weaving techniques have also been very developed, unearthed: bamboo mats, bamboo curtains, bamboo suits (i.e., bamboo boxes), bamboo fans, bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, and other nearly a hundred pieces.