What traditional handicrafts are there in Nanning?

Nanning is an ancient cultural city with a long history, and it is also a modern city where many ethnic groups live in harmony. Nanning is a city with a long history, and there must be many traditional handicrafts. What traditional handicrafts are there in Nanning? Come and have a look!

Nanning specialty one: hydrangea

Hydrangea is the token of love of young men and women in Nanning Zhuang area. It is made of colored silk, with a diameter of about 6 cm, beans or sand in it, weighing about 150 g, with more than ten spikes at the bottom and a ribbon of about 60 cm at the top. When singing in Gewei, girls throw hydrangeas at the man to show their love if they find the right person. Now it has become an important souvenir of Nanning tourism. Hydrangea throwing has also developed into a traditional sport of ethnic minorities. In the competition, an hydrangea circle with an altitude of 10 m and a diameter of 1 m was set up, and the two teams threw more hydrangeas into the circle in unit time to win.

Nanning specialty 2: Zhuang brocade

Zhuang brocade, which was first born in the Tang and Song Dynasties, is the most famous local handicraft in Nanning, with a strong local ethnic style. Zhuang brocade is woven with cotton yarn as warp and five-color thread as weft. It is colorful, diverse in patterns and shapes, and very durable. Can be used as bed blanket, quilt cover, apron, shoulder strap, belt, handbag, headscarf, hem decoration, etc. Legend: In ancient times, there was a Zhuang girl named Danimei. She saw the dew on the spider's web shining in the sun and got inspiration from it. She used multicolored silk thread as weft and primary color spun yarn as warp, and made a magnificent brocade by careful weaving, which has been passed down to this day.

Nanning specialty 3: hengxian straw mat

Hengxian straw mat is a traditional handicraft in Nanning, Guangxi with a long history. Tube grass is selected as the main raw material and woven into mats of various specifications by warp knitting artists. Every day in the county, it will become a market, and you can choose. Lily summer sleeping mat is durable, warm in winter and cool in summer, and it tastes fragrant.

Nanning specialty 4: Binyang porcelain

Binyang porcelain is a traditional handicraft in Nanning, Guangxi, with a long history.

Binyang Porcelain is a porcelain product made of local rich clay and other raw materials, which are processed, carefully drawn and fired. The products are exquisite and elegant, well-made and unique and novel in shape. The main products are bowls, plates, cylinders, sanitary wares and various utensils used in daily life, with more than 200 kinds.

Nanning specialty five: Binyang bamboo weaving

Binyang bamboo weaving is a traditional handicraft in Nanning, Guangxi, with a history of more than 300 years. Binyang bamboo weaving is a variety of exquisite and elegant daily necessities made of bamboo or miscellaneous wood, rattan, silk, grass and other auxiliary materials, such as flower baskets, flower trays, flower receptacles, boxes and various home decorations.

Binyang is also known as "the hometown of bamboo weaving".