Willow weaving (Uygur branch weaving)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Willow weaving (Uygur branch weaving)

Applicant: Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Project No.: 831

Project No.: Ⅶ - 55

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Protected by: cultural center of Gaochang District, Turpan City

Introduction to willow weaving (Uygur branch weaving)

Applicant: Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Willow weaving is a traditional weaving craft with willow and other woody plant branches as the main raw materials. Willow weaving has appeared in China in ancient times. After thousands of years of inheritance, this skill has been greatly improved and gradually developed. The common raw materials for willow weaving include Salix psammophila, Salix alba, Salix chinensis, Salix quateri, etc. mulberry and Vitex negundo can also be used as weaving materials. After peeling, the surface of willow is smooth, the color is fresh, soft and tough. The products made of willow are stable in quality and durable. Willow weaving techniques are very rich, different products, different shapes and weaving methods are different, and weaving techniques are matched by auxiliary processes such as slitting, chain, cloth cover, and decoration treatment methods such as bleaching, dyeing, coloring, oiling, etc. Willow products pay great attention to the beauty of shape, style and texture. Most of the finished products are practical products such as baskets, baskets, dustpans, bucket basins, bags, chairs and stools, and some more elaborate furnishings. These products have high practical value and artistic value. They are traditional handicrafts with national characteristics and are welcomed and loved by the masses.

Uygur branch weaving is a traditional weaving handicraft popular in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According to the historical records and a large number of tree baskets and arrow bags unearthed from ancient tombs, this technique has a history of nearly 3000 years in Turpan. Uighur people use the local elm branches, red willow branches, poplar branches, mulberry branches, willow branches and other raw materials to weave 235 kinds of products, including harrow, handle, basket and other farm tools, food trough, chicken cage, sieve and other animal husbandry tools, basket, donkey pack, fence, basket, fruit plate and other daily necessities, vases, gourds, wine cups, Su Gong tower and other crafts or tourism products Reading. The basic method of Uygur branch weaving is to pass through the outstanding "flat weaving" between the warp and the trunk and the "twist weaving" for the edge. The patterns are diamond, chain, wave, oval and so on. The branch weaving skill of Uygur nationality, which has been continuously improved and perfected in practice, shows distinct regional characteristics and national style. It is an important embodiment of Uygur traditional culture and has research value in sociology, ethnology and folk craft history.