The Ancient Dyeing And Weaving Techniques Of Hainan Island Li Brocade Reappear In The World

"Where do you come from China?" in 2012, Lishui, World Expo, China, the exhibition hall of the intangible cultural heritage of the hall of love in China Pavilion, two women wore Hainan.

The scarves of different dialect areas, dressed in different costumes of the Li nationality, sit on the ground, and draw the skills of brocade brocade on the spot, attracting many Korean visitors to stop and ask.

The two aunts are Liu Xianglan and Rong Ya Mei, who are from Five Fingers Group city of Hainan Island and Ledong Li Autonomous County respectively. With the brilliant opening ceremony of the Hainan activity week of Lishui World Expo World Expo Museum in China in 2012, they also appeared in the Li Jin brocade.

Li Brocade

It is the ancient dyeing and weaving technique of Hainan Island Li women, which has been passed down from generation to generation. It is known as "the living fossil of Chinese textile history". In 2009, it was listed by UNESCO as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage list, which is urgently needed to protect. Liu Xianglan and Rong Ya Mei were recognized as the only two national textile brocade artists in Hainan.

Liu Xianglan, who has more than forty this year, answers with a smile when he asks questions.

She told reporters that she came from Hainan Five Fingers Group Li Minority dialect area, at the age of 13 began to learn brocade technology with her mother.

"The year before last, World Expo, Shanghai, we also received attention from all walks of life when we were performing at the scene."

Not only did she master the brocade skills, she also brought fifty or sixty students to teach Li Jin brocade embroidery skills, she said.

On the other side, Rong Yami constantly immersed himself in "flying flowers" while speaking Mandarin with a strong Hainan accent.

This year, at the age of 57, she went out of the country for the first time to perform her unique skills. "We belong to the Kazakhstan dialect, and the brocade tools are different from Qi dialect. They need 31 long bamboo sticks."

At the age of 8, she began to talk with reporters. He skillfully waved "Dazhu knives, bamboo knives," and "yellow and purple" lines of different colors.

Pu Minzhi, a Korean citizen of Lishui, sees the scene.

The demonstration continued to praise. "When we traveled to Beijing, we saw Li brocade on TV. It is a very beautiful art."

She kept asking questions to the next interpreter and pressed the camera in her hand.

Standing aside, Li Xizhen picked up a Li Jin cell phone bag on the side and looked at it. He took out 20 thousand won and bought it happily, and turned away happily.

Officials from the Hainan provincial sports and recreation hall said that more than 9000 Li women learned to Handcraft brocade skills in Hainan, and 13 of them were identified as the traditional brocade and embroidery people at the provincial level.