What is batik?

Batik, called wax valerian in ancient times, is an ancient manual dyeing prevention process, and it ranks as three basic types of dyeing valerian in ancient China along with tie-dyeing and clip-dyeing. Apart from the ethnic minorities in China, batik traditions are found in many countries in the world, including Indonesian, Malaysian, Singaporean, Indian, Sri Lankan, Philippine and Nigerian.

However, Indonesia's batik is the most famous in the world. Batik in Java, Indonesia, has been influenced by many cultures after a long period of cultural adaptation, so its styles are rich and diverse, and it is also the region with the most complete development of style, technology and craftsman skills in the world.

On June 5438+ 10, 2009, UNESCO listed Indonesia batik as an important oral and intangible cultural asset of mankind.

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Batik technology is widely popular in ethnic minority areas in southwest China, especially in Guizhou. Miao batik technique is a national intangible cultural heritage.

Guizhou batik is generally blue and white. The dye used is indigo, which is fermented by Polygonaceae plant bluegrass.

Batik is usually made by using a self-made copper knife to dot wax flowers on the folk self-woven white homespun, then drawing various patterns, then putting the painted wax pieces into a dyeing vat for dyeing, and then dewaxing and rinsing. After the wax is cooled, natural cracks will occur on the surface of wax white cloth, and pigments will penetrate into the cracks, resulting in many irregular color lines, which are called ice lines or turtle lines.

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