Characteristics of tie-dyeing in Dali

Tie-dyeing in Dali is entirely hand-made, which is made by hand drawing, sewing, dyeing and bleaching, tying flowers and grinding.

Tie-dyeing in Dali mostly appears in the form of small family workshops, using pure plants beneficial to human body-Banlangen as raw materials, which really retains the simplicity and integrity of hand-making.

In terms of color, tie-dyeing in Dali is mainly white and blue. In Bai areas, white is a symbol of good luck, while cyan symbolizes hope, simplicity and sincerity. The combination of blue and white means "clear and white, aboveboard". To some extent, this reflects the indifferent and tolerant mentality of the Bai people and their pursuit of a perfect life ideal.

Dali tie-dyeing has devoted the artistic ingenuity of folk artists in the production process, and every tie-dyeing product is a vivid work of art. In particular, the tie-dyed fabrics produced in Zhoucheng, Dali are very different from other tie-dyed fabrics in design. Ordinary tie-dye patterns are mostly composed of irregular patterns and other simple geometric figures, while the tie-dye patterns in Zhoucheng are based on common animal and plant images, such as bees, butterflies, plum blossoms, birds and insects, people and animals in myths and legends. The pattern of white flowers on a blue background produces a natural halo, with green in the middle, dignified and elegant, vivid and full layout. The composition is rigorous, and it is mostly a continuous pattern with two sides and four sides. In color, Zhou Cheng tie-dyeing is more colorful than ordinary tie-dyeing, and the more you wash, the clearer and brighter it becomes.

Dali regards woodcarving and tie-dyeing as key tourism product development, establishes a tourism product development company and sets up business outlets, taking this as a leader, and extensively explores the international and domestic tourism product markets.