Inheritance significance of printing and dyeing process of Nantong blue calico

Blue calico, dark blue and pure white, forms colorful and auspicious patterns on ordinary cotton cloth. Simple and elegant, subtle and beautiful, full of rich local conditions and customs.

The printing and dyeing technology of blue calico has been widely spread for a long time, with far-reaching influence and high cultural value. Nantong Blue Calico Museum * * * has collected more than 1000 pieces of blue calico materials and pictures since Ming and Qing Dynasties, designed and developed more than 100 kinds of blue calico series products, and compiled and published China Blue Calico Collection Album and Pattern Album, showing the elegance and charm of Nantong printing and dyeing technology.

However, at present, the number of people engaged in the printing and dyeing of blue calico is decreasing, and the professionals are unqualified. Some blue calico has been changed to automatic or semi-automatic production, and the traditional technology has gradually changed. It needs to attract the attention of relevant parties, and the protection of printing and dyeing process of blue calico has reached a critical moment.

1996, Nantong Blue Printed Fabric Museum was built in Wu Yuanxin. At the beginning of the museum, there were only more than 200 collections, and now the collection has reached 13000, 15000 patterns. On the basis of the collection, Wu Yuanxin made continuous theoretical research in combination with practice, and published The Complete Works of China Blue Printed Cloth Patterns in 2005, and his new book, China Traditional Folk Printing and Dyeing Techniques, will be published next month. In 2006, Nantong Blue Calico Museum cooperated with Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts to establish the "Traditional Printing and Dyeing Studio of Intangible Cultural Heritage", where students can touch the collections in the museum and practice printing and dyeing with the most traditional dyes. In the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the course of blue calico technology has been offered for five years. "At the beginning, only more than 20 students signed up. Later, there were more students, and the school added many courses of non-genetic projects. "