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What are the characteristics of She ribbons?

She colored ribbons, is the most national characteristics, the main kind of folk crafts in the She folk crafts.

Colorful ribbons, is the most national characteristics of the She folk crafts, the main kind of folk crafts. According to the introduction of relevant experts, most of the Fujian She ribbons are blue, white and black, while the Zhejiang She ribbons are brightly colored with red, green, yellow, black, white, purple and other colors intertwined, and not only have complex patterns, but also have the words of praying for good luck, such as "smooth wind and rain, the country and the people are at peace", "a hundred years of good and the five generations of prosperity" and so on. The five generations are prosperous" and so on. She ribbons, the main patterns and decorations are "thirteen rows", "water strike flowers", "five words belt", "copper money gangs ", "ten-thousand character flower", "twelve Chinese zodiac", "butterfly flower", "dragonfly pattern, "Bat pattern" and so on. She ribbons are complicated and exquisite, and need to be carefully designed and drafted before weaving. The process of weaving consumes a lot of labor, more than a few months, less than a few days, therefore, in terms of the labor hours spent, She ribbons are also very precious and rare folk craft treasures. According to the She wedding custom, on the day of the girl's betrothal, when the man sends the "betrothal gift" to the woman, the woman must return the gift with two colorful ribbons hand-woven by the girl, called "betrothal ribbons". She girls and young people usually through the song, after the establishment of feelings, but also often the ribbon as a token of love to the beloved person to set life.

This ribbon is a ribbon with auspicious words as its pattern. Its length of 185 cm, 3.5 cm wide, the entire belt in black and white as the tone, white for the ground black for the grain, which is woven on: "Fortune, fortune, longevity and happiness, gold and jade, Fukushima, green wind and moonlight, southeast, north and west, the nine worlds together, a hundred years of good and blessed as the East China Sea, longevity than the South China Sea, the pines do not grow old, the fragrance of the lotus "*** counting 42 text patterns. Character neat, beautiful and generous, meaning auspicious, and weave this ribbon weaver's name "Xianglian", more rare and precious.