The process of Tujia brocade weaving technique

The craft of Tujia brocade weaving is primitive and complicated. The traditional method of picking and weaving makes the warp and weft threads float and sink evenly, strong and durable, and the luster lasts forever. Tujia language Silan Kapu is a kind of Tujia brocade. In Tujia language, Xilan is the meaning of spreading, and Kapu is the meaning of flower.

Xilan Kapu uses the ancient pure wooden waisted slant loom to weave, and its technical process mainly consists of spinning and twisting thread, dyeing, inverting threads, drawing threads, loading reeds, rolling threads, picking up the healds, turning the penny, picking up the flowers, bundling poles on the machine, weaving and picking up the weaving, and other 12 processes, and another reverse weaving method picking up the weaving of the pattern pattern.

Silankappu can be regarded as the sediment of Tujia history and culture, with a strong flavor of life and distinctive national characteristics. It is mainly manifested in the selection of themes, pattern style, color application and so on.