Sheyang straw weaving craft
Sheyang straw weaving is a traditional handicraft that uses simple tools such as firewood tearing, stone rollers, bamboo clips, knives, scissors, spinning wheels, twisting balls, wooden bars, rope twisting machines, bamboo splitters, cattail-scraping machines, wooden looms, flat looms, etc., and uses original ecological materials such as reeds, cattails, grass, and hemp to make baskets, mats, folding baskets, and other production and living supplies. According to local chronicles, this skill originated in the ancient Sheyang area (now Baoying Sheyang Lake) more than 2,000 years ago, and was introduced to the coastal area of Yanfu, now Sheyang area, with immigrants in the late Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of more than 300 years. Sheyang straw weaving is to weave various pure natural straw weaving products through the processing procedures of cutting, pulling, peeling, cutting, splitting, grinding, pressing, scratching, tearing, twisting, knotting, steaming, drying, and weaving raw materials, using the picking and pressing method, braiding method, winding method, twisting method, threading method, coiling method, knotting method, raw head method, edge finishing method, and outline method. Straw weaving has become a traditional folk item in the East, and has a high value in the study of Oriental folk culture. Its production process has the connotation of Chinese peasant culture and historical culture, and has a high value in the study of human cultural development. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)