What is the inheritance significance of Zhuang brocade in Zhuang culture?

Guangxi national brocade art, represented by Zhuang brocade art, has become an important part of China traditional folk art after more than one thousand years of development. Zhuang brocade has produced colorful patterns in the long-term labor practice of people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi, which strongly reflects their love and reverence for life, nature and national culture, permeates the optimistic spirit of national culture, embodies people's yearning for beauty and expresses sincere feelings. While meeting the basic needs of life, it closely combines the practical function of material with spiritual needs and becomes a "living fossil bearing the memory of national culture".

Zhuang brocade is one of the outstanding cultural heritages of Zhuang nationality. It can not only provide vivid materials for the study of textile skills of ethnic minorities in China, but also add vivid examples to the textile history of China and even the world, and play a positive role in inheriting and carrying forward national culture and enhancing national self-esteem.

However, due to historical and practical reasons, Zhuang Brocade is facing a serious inheritance crisis and needs urgent rescue and protection. With the collapse of natural economic structure, commodity economy and urban civilization are constantly impacting ancient folk culture, and the inheritance and development of traditional craft tapestries are facing unprecedented difficulties.

In the past, brocade technology has been widely developed, and one of the main factors is that it is the basic skill for many Zhuang women to make a living. Brocade craft has been passed down from generation to generation. A tapestry master or a very clever girl will teach her some basic principles through her master, and with her own understanding of life, her creation will be integrated into the magnificent tapestry.

Therefore, Zhuang brocade is constantly developing, supplementing and sublimating. In today's commodity society, brocade art no longer needs to bear the pressure of survival, but simply returns to the status of a folk craft, and the significance of brocade is only accepted as a national craft.

However, the inheritance and continuation of traditional folk culture mostly rely on oral inheritance, and the difficult survival dilemma makes the younger generation frustrated, which also makes the brocade skills lack of successors. Therefore, the personal living conditions of artists and craftsmen are the premise of the existence of folk art.