The Origin and Cultural Inheritance of Tie-dyeing

The origin and cultural inheritance of tie-dyeing are as follows:

Origin of tie-dyeing:

Tie dyeing has a long history. Originated in the Yellow River Basin. When it originated is still uncertain. According to records, as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, knotted and dye-proof twisted valerian silk was produced in large quantities. Tie-dyeing was a mature technology in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in 408 AD. At that time, the twisted Valeriana products had simple small cluster patterns, such as butterflies, wintersweet and begonia.

There is also an overall pattern, such as "Swertia valeriana" with white spots, "Agate Valeriana" with larger spots, and "Valeriana Cervi" with purple spots similar to sika deer. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, tie-dyed products were widely used in the costumes of Han women. The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of China's ancient culture, and twisted textiles were very popular and more common.

"Blue dress" became the basic style of fashion in Tang Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Valeriana officinalis products were very popular in the Central Plains and northern regions.

Inheritance of tie-dyeing:

Tie-dyeing shows a strong folk art style. 1000 patterns are the epitome of history and culture for thousands of years, reflecting people's customs and aesthetic tastes, and together with various technical means, forming a fascinating weaving and dyeing culture. The dyeing and weaving industry in Dali has been developing continuously, and Zhoucheng has become a well-known hand-woven and dyeing village.

1984 A tie-dyeing factory was built in Zhoucheng, which drove nearly 5,000 women to take part in flower-tying, and more than 80% of them were sold to Japan, Britain, the United States, Canada and other countries and regions 10, which was in short supply.

Here, women are tying flowers and every household is dyeing, which has become an important producing area of tie-dyed fabrics. Only by seriously solving the above problems can we promote the inheritance and development of weaving and dyeing techniques. In 2006, the tie-dyeing technique was approved by the State Council and selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. The declared areas are Dali City, Yunnan Province and Zigong City, Sichuan Province.

Carrier:

Cloth is the carrier of tie-dyeing. Without weaving, there would be no cloth, silk and brocade. Without such a carrier, there would be no painting and dyeing art on the carrier.

Judging from the existing historical data, the history of China textile can be traced back to Shang Dynasty or Western Zhou Dynasty at least. Many jade silkworms have been found in the tombs of Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou Dynasty, which shows that people paid attention to sericulture at that time. By the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, silk weaving technology had developed by leaps and bounds. Judging from the existing unearthed objects and documents, there were many kinds of silk fabrics with exquisite patterns at that time.