Batik in Anshun City, Guizhou Province has a long history. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the residents here had mastered the batik making process. In 1987, batik dresses from the Song Dynasty were excavated from the coffin tombs of the Miao people in Pingba County, Anshun City. The colors were bright and the patterns were rigorous, fully demonstrating the superb skills of Anshun batik. Anshun batik is mainly divided into two categories: Miao batik and Buyi batik. Miao batik is distributed in all 38 Miao branches in Anshun. The patterns are rich and colorful, including ancient legends and primitive cognition, which reflects the ancient ancestors' natural worship and totem worship. Buyi batik is mainly distributed in Zhenning, Guanling, Huangguoshu and other counties and districts. The finished products are ingeniously composed and varied. The patterns are mostly realistic flowers, birds, fish and insects or abstract spirals, water waves, diamonds, clouds and thunder and other geometric figures, which show people's cognition of the universe, respect for natural mountains and rivers, and pursuit of a better life. The Miao batik of Anshun and the Buyi batik have similar production tools, raw materials and production processes, except for the difference in patterns. They use a copper wax knife dipped in wax liquid to outline the pattern on white cloth, and then make batik products through processes such as dipping and dyeing. There are many folk craft masters with superb wax painting skills in the Anshun batik industry. They have traveled to Europe, America and Taiwan to perform batik skills, and won praise wherever they went. Anshun batik is a unique flower among ethnic crafts, with high research value in history, folklore and local culture of ethnic minorities. In recent years, with the continuous strengthening of economic globalization and cultural diversification, the living space of Anshun batik has been shrinking, the craftsmen are gradually aging, and there is no one to inherit. This precious folk handicraft is on the verge of extinction and urgently needs to be rescued and protected. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)