Tujia Brocade Draws Visitors To Learn The Tujia "Weaver Girl"

In April 28th, many foreign tourists appreciated the folk craft Tujia brocade in the Miao Er town and Liye town of Longshan County, Xiangxi, and bought special tourist souvenirs.

Tujia brocade, also known as Karp, is unique in many ethnic brocade and has high cultural value. It has been rooted in Longshan County of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture for thousands of years, and has been spread around the counties and cities. Tujia brocade skills have been included in the first batch of state-level intangible cultural heritage list.

The population of Tujia Nationality in Longshan County is 359 thousand and 700, and there are 4034 artists and 3814 brocade machines who are proficient in Tujia brocade skills. The flower pattern is only 260 kinds in the car wash River in the car wash basin.

In the Qing Dynasty, the local Tujia textile technology had been quite developed and popularized, and there appeared a prosperous scene of "women diligent in weaving, household and multi machine sound".