What traditional handicrafts are there in Dali?

Dali is a beautiful city, with Cangshan Lake and Erhai Lake as companions, and more delicious food to taste. Do you know what traditional handicrafts there are in Dali? Let's have a look!

1, batik

White batik is a traditional handicraft in Dali, Yunnan, and an ancient folk traditional textile printing and dyeing handicraft in China. Batik is to dip a wax knife in melted wax to draw flowers on the cloth, and then dip it in indigo. When the wax is removed, the surface of the cloth presents various patterns of white flowers on a blue background or blue flowers on a white background. At the same time, in the dip dyeing, the wax as a resist naturally cracks, which makes the cloth surface show a special "ice grain", which is particularly eye-catching. Because batik is rich in patterns, elegant in color and unique in style, it is simple and elegant, fresh and pleasing to the eye, and full of national characteristics when used to make clothes and various practical articles for life.

2. Bai flower embroidery.

Bai embroidery is a traditional handicraft treasure in Dali, Yunnan. Bai women have learned embroidery since childhood, and their skills are exquisite. It can be made into headscarves, handkerchiefs, tie-dyes, satchels and curtains, which can be used to decorate the headscarves, hang on the chest or be betrothed treasures. The flowers embroidered on it are lifelike, all of which show the essence of Bai women's skills.

3. Jianchuan woodcarving

Jianchuan woodcarving is a traditional carving handicraft in Dali, Yunnan, with a very long history. The content of wood carving is mainly flowers and animals, and there are also fairy tales such as "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" and "Eight Immortals' Birthday". Woodcarving patterns include vanilla, dragon, phoenix, lion head, phoenix head, moire and so on. , varied and original. Can be used for architectural decoration, fine workmanship, exquisite materials, set the essence of wood carving in Ming and Qing Dynasties. They are elegant and unique, hard and flexible, corrosion-resistant and non-deformable, and reproduce the excellent national wood carving art.

4. Tie-dyeing in Dali

Tie-dyeing in Dali, Yunnan Province is a treasure of traditional handicrafts with a long history. Tie-dyeing in Dali is entirely hand-made, which is made by hand drawing, sewing, dyeing and bleaching, tying flowers and grinding. In terms of color, tie-dyeing in Dali is mainly white and blue. In Bai areas, white is a symbol of good luck, while cyan symbolizes hope, simplicity and sincerity. The combination of blue and white means "clear and white, aboveboard". In the ancient city of Dali, the streets and alleys are full of colorful tie-dye decorations, as well as clothing, shoes and hats. When you arrive in Dali, you can buy some tie-dyed products!