What are the characteristics of Dali’s straw weaving in a small handicraft art class?

Dali straw hat weaving is a traditional handicraft of the Bai people in Dali area. It is said that there was a Straw Hat Street near Taihe City during the Nanzhao period, and this street name still exists in Taihe Village, Qiliqiao, Dali City today. In the past, straw hats were all hand-knitted, with limited output and monotonous patterns and colors. Nowadays, the Bai people in Dali have taken advantage of their traditional skills, introduced modern crafts and production techniques, and made full use of their free time to sew straw hats in every household. Whether in courtyard houses, in the fields, or on the roadside of the village community, chatting and enjoying the cool weather, you can see women holding wheat straws in their elbows and braiding straw braids with their fingers. They bleach the braided straw and then braid it again. Sewn into various styles of finished products. The raw materials should have thin stalks, thin skin, white color, dense and even weaving, suture spools and dense needles as the top grade.

Due to the traditional and simple beauty of Dali straw hats, the wide variety of designs and colors, and the low prices, demand has been in short supply for several years, and product styles have been constantly innovated, such as "Zhiyin Hats", "British Style Hats" and "Children's Hats". "Embroidered hats" and other items are popular among domestic and foreign tourists. The series of products are mainly sold to hot areas such as Xishuangbanna and Dehong Prefecture, and some are sold overseas.

Straw weaving is a traditional handicraft art inherited by Dali folk. It has many types, rich resources and different colors, forming the different characteristics of each ethnic group. There are mainly traditional weavings of grain straw, wheat straw, brown silk and so on. According to historical records, in the early Ming Dynasty, "Yongchang area (Dali in the Ming Dynasty once belonged to Yongchang) had recently set up an art studio to teach people how to learn Shandong straw weaving." Since then it has been passed down from generation to generation. In recent years, due to market demand and the development of tourism, Dali straw woven craft products have become more and more diverse, including hundreds of designs and styles such as straw curtains, straw mats, straw baskets, straw fans, straw mats, and straw toys. Just straw baskets, colorful and diverse in shape, dazzling. The straw products are embroidered with patterns popular among ethnic groups such as butterflies, camellias, Three Pagodas, Erhai Lake, Cangshan Mountains, and animals. They are unique and beautiful, economical and practical. They are not only popular among people of all ethnic groups in China, but also exported to the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asian countries.