Reed weaving
The reed weaving technique has a history of more than 7,000 years across the country, and more than 680 years in Pudong. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Xiasha Salt Field had already used reeds to "build a roof for the stove". From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the early liberation, the housing conditions in Nanhui County were very poor. "The middle part was half tile and half straw, and the eastern part was mainly straw houses." During the Guangxu period, immigrants who came to reclaim wasteland lived in "circular sheds" rolled up with reed mats, slept on reed beds, surrounded by reed walls, and used reed brooms to sweep the floor, which they also sold. From 1957 to 1976, reed brooms were sold exclusively by Shanghai Daily Necessities Company, forming a green industry. After the 1990s, with the acceleration of urbanization, straw houses were replaced by foreign houses, and polyethylene brooms were introduced, and this technique has faded out of the market. In the modern process of protecting, inheriting, developing and utilizing reeds, local reed craftsmen and residents have also woven reeds into three-dimensional artworks such as golden roosters, golden bulls, golden turtles, and toads; they have also collected reeds of different seasons and colors, dried them, cut them into pieces according to the pictures, and collaged them into exquisite handicrafts such as "farmhouse music, landscape paintings, and children's paintings" that attract attention. They have made cheap reeds into artworks with certain economic value, showing their wisdom and aesthetic taste. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)