Willow weaving can be said to be a product of desert culture. For thousands of years, people living and multiplying on the desert grasslands have used the abundant sand willows to create various types of willow weaving products with different functions and shapes, such as baskets, dustpans, dung bags, needle and thread baskets, etc. Among the willow weaving products in northern Shaanxi, Yuyang's willow weaving products are quite famous, with exquisite materials, fine craftsmanship, and strong local characteristics. Yuyang willow weaving is mainly made of sand willow, which is soft and can be used for forest enclosure, fence building, willow fence weaving, silt hanging flood prevention, wind wall tying, willow saddle building, simple house and livestock shed. The tender willow branches can also be used to weave willow baskets, willow baskets, willow hats, wicker boxes and other utensils and other lightweight handicrafts. Yuyang willow weaving has been exported to more than 30 countries and regions abroad. The wicker used for weaving wickerwork is of uniform thickness, with the thickest being about the size of a little finger and the thinnest being like sorghum stalks. It is about six or seven feet long, and the shortest being three or five feet. It is tough, soft, and not easy to break. Willow weaving products are not only practical and convenient, but also rich in variety: Weaving techniques for containers: Mostly using wicker grown that year as raw materials, and other branches are also used in combination. Different weaving techniques are used for the bottom, sides, and edges of the objects. The bottom is round, oval, and rectangular, and is made of sunflower piles, "rice" piles, "feng" piles, twisted piles, pepper eyes, triangle eyes, sieve eyes, warp and weft weaving, and twisting, looping, picking, and pressing techniques. The sides of the objects are mostly made of warp and weft weaving, including single and double strips of weaving, rotating weaving, and pepper eyes, triangle eyes, etc., picking, pressing, and reverse and positive twisting techniques. The edges of the objects are mostly made of nesting piles, winding, braiding, etc., which not only fix the weft strips, but also play a role in shaping and decoration. Some shorter objects use the technique of alternating sides and sides, which is unique in style. Some are also equipped with handles or painted. Weaving and assembly technology: mainly used for furniture. It mostly uses perennial or current year thick willow branches as the main raw materials, and is combined with thin willow branches, and rattan and bamboo strips as binding materials. It is assembled by baking, ring pulling and shaping, and screw connection, nail coating and gluing, and binding. Some are made into thin pads, which are installed on the furniture with a bottom support, and most of them are also painted. Warp and weft knitting technology: tight and smooth, mostly used for farm tools. It uses ropes as warp and willow branches as weft, and is woven by warp and weft picking, pressing, shaping, and wrapping. Farmers use this technology to weave water buckets and apply pig blood, which can be used frequently without leaking. Local water and soil nurture local people. In this Maowusu Desert, each tamarisk not only plays a role in preventing wind and fixing sand, but also becomes a necessity in the lives of local people. Using local materials and carefully weaving, a practical and beautiful wicker basket is produced. It not only enriches people's lives, but also carries the wisdom of local people and their profound Huangshang culture and desert culture. Information source: District Tourism Bureau Information source: District Tourism Bureau