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Color cases of Li nationality's weaving and dyeing

Li Jin's patterns are rich and colorful, including 160. Patterns mainly include figures, animals, flowers, plants, utensils and geometric figures. The colors are generally red, yellow, black, white, green, cyan, etc. The colors are harmonious, exquisite and novel.

Li women use simple tools (looms) to weave articles with exquisite patterns, such as Li Mian, Li Mu, Dan Li, barrel skirts, flowered cloth and headscarves. Their patterns are characterized by straight lines, parallel lines, triangles, squares, circles and so on. , forming 100 more than a variety of exotic flowers, plants, birds, animals and figures with decorative value and unique national style. The main patterns are fishing and hunting, farming, memorial service, Harvest figure, wedding and so on.

Most patterns are hand-embroidered, so there is no need to describe them. Some embroideries are inlaid with gold foil, silver foil, mica, feathers, shells, beads, copper coins and so on. , more colorful and more elegant. Some exquisite Li Jin, Li Mu and Li Dan embroidered barrel skirts, headscarves and flower ribbons with distorted and exaggerated lines, which are elegant and unique, colorful and very attractive, have become unique tourist handicrafts in Hainan, selling well at home and abroad, enjoying a good reputation and being favored by Chinese and foreign guests.