Cause analysis of Zhuang brocade

The output of hand-woven brocade is extremely low. A skilled woman can only knit about one foot a day, but it takes at least six feet to make a quilt cover. Secondly, brocade income is extremely low, and women are unprofitable. The traditional price of a catty of velvet is around 240 yuan, and a catty of velvet can only be woven into six-foot brocade, which means that only one quilt cover can be made; Plus six days (six feet divided by one foot/day) of labor and other materials, the cost of a quilt cover has been more than four or five hundred yuan. Therefore, hand-made Zhuang brocade products are unlikely to be regarded as daily consumer goods, and its significance can only be accepted as a national arts and crafts. The Zhuangjin Society established in Xincheng County 1980 is unsustainable because of losses.

In addition, the inheritance and continuation of this traditional folk culture mostly rely on oral teaching, and the survival dilemma makes the younger generation discouraged, making the brocade skills lack of successors.

Therefore, we believe that the personal living conditions of artists and craftsmen are the premise of the development of folk arts.

The weaving process of Zhuang brocade weaving is complex, which requires special machines to weave, instead of being popularized or even popular on a large scale like cross stitch.

Moreover, Xincheng, as a national poverty-stricken county, the local government has limited financial resources and has not vigorously promoted publicity.

Therefore, we can see that the decrease of practical value, the increase of cost, the shrinkage of market and the decrease of sales volume have led to the decrease of craftsmen's income; The decrease in income further hindered more people from learning Zhuang brocade textile technology, which led to the decline or even loss of this technology. If we don't pay enough attention to it, this vicious circle is likely to decline or even die.