The origin of Liu's bamboo weaving craft

It arose in the whole county centered on the town of Qiujiang, and its birth can be traced back to 2,300 years ago. Ancient tribesmen used bamboo to prepare labor tools and living utensils. To the Tang Dynasty, Drainage County bamboo weaving industry has been very developed, people live in bamboo houses, sitting in bamboo chairs, back bamboo baskets, wearing bamboo hats, holding bamboo fans, etc., production and life can not be separated from bamboo. To the Qing Dynasty, Duxian bamboo silk palace fan, fine gabion mats, etc. is very famous, become the court tribute. In the early years of the Republic of China, Drainage County bamboo silk palace fan, exquisite theory, become a collection of treasures of the dignitaries. After the liberation, ditch county Liu's bamboo weaving industry more prosperous, colorful varieties, technical excellence, to the 70's, ditch county Liu's bamboo weaving process has been rapidly restored and development, ditch county Liu's bamboo weaving process main heir LiuJiaFeng from the "Gong fan" started, through painstaking research, the first bamboo writing and painting, jacquard weaving method, the process is a great creation of China's bamboo weaving process. The craft is a major innovation in China's bamboo weaving craft, promoting the development of Han bamboo weaving techniques.

Drainage County Liu's bamboo craft production from cutting bamboo to finished products have more than 30 procedures, complex techniques, procedures, and each process is fine and tight, is the modern technology and machines can not be replaced, weaving a handicraft is less than half a month, more than a few months. Craft products dozens of categories, nearly a thousand varieties of colors. Drainage County Liu's bamboo weaving calligraphy and painting, jacquard porcelain tires bamboo weaving, double-sided bamboo silk weaving, bamboo weaving table screen and other series of handicrafts, novel design, exquisite technology, thin as silk, especially to weave the fine work of excellence. Although the bamboo for painting, but very rich pen and ink interest, a variety of patterns vivid, with a strong national style and local characteristics, is the embodiment of the artistic creativity of the working people. Therefore, the bamboo weaving in Duxian County has high craft value and artistic value.