Chinese love bamboo,
Chinese literati "would rather eat without meat than live without bamboo".
Chinese traditional craft Anxi bamboo and rattan weaving
Weaving bamboo and rattan into various exquisite utensils,
Let bamboo always accompany people around.
Anxi County has a long history of bamboo and rattan weaving.
It was very popular as early as the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
People use bamboo and rattan to make agricultural tools, tea sets and other daily necessities.
A variety of bamboo weaving techniques such as bamboo boxes, buckets and steamers have been formed.
The main raw materials of bamboo and rattan weaving are bamboo, wood and various rattans.
During weaving,
The vertical lines are "longitude", the horizontal lines are "latitude",
Intertwined with each other, criss-cross.
Through three-dimensional or flat weaving techniques,
Sometimes dense, sometimes sparse,
Extends many knitting patterns.
Look, this bamboo and rattan work "Cloud Brocade Vase",
It is woven from paper-thin bamboo strips (miè) silk.
The structure is elegant and strong, and the pattern is three-dimensional and meticulous.
It fully reflects the exquisite, beautiful, generous and practical characteristics of Anxi bamboo and rattan weaving craftsmanship.
For thousands of years, Anxi bamboo and rattan weaving has been making breakthroughs and innovations.
Not only has it become a local pillar industry,
It makes the ancient craftsmanship flourish today.
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