Uygur Karakul fetus

Uygur Karakul fetus

There is a folk song "Turpan grape Hami melon, turtle's lamb a flower". Shaya Uygur Hatters use local lamb skin to make various hats, such as Duhuawa, Wuniqie and Dulikun, for people to buy. They are exported to Western Asia, Eastern Europe and other places. They have high economic value and collection value.

Uygur Karakur fetal lamb leather cap production technology is a national traditional handicraft declared by Shaya County of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in 2008 and approved by the State Council.

brief introduction

Lamb skins are made from the skin of ewes 3 to 7 days before lambing. After determining the time of lamb fetching, they are not given drinking water for the first two days, but cold well water for the third day, so that the lambs are naturally aborted and skinned. Lamb skin and tire rubber are thick, shiny, dense and compact, dark as ink, silver shining, and moist in color. There is a folk song "Turpan grape Hami melon, turtle's lamb a flower". Shaya Uygur Hatters use local lamb skin to make various hats, such as Duhuawa, Wuniqie and Dulikun, for people to buy. They are exported to Western Asia, Eastern Europe and other places. They have high economic value and collection value.

History

The production of fetal lamb skin and fetal lamb skin cap in Shaya Karakul has a history of 2000 years. The cap made of the fetal lamb skin and fetal lamb skin was excavated in the ancient city of Yushikat in the Han Dynasty.

With the introduction of various lamb breeds with high meat and milk yields, affected by the interests, the number of people raising Karakul sheep gradually decreased, and the production of fetal lamb skins significantly decreased. In addition, due to the strict tanning and processing technology, fewer and fewer people are skilled in this technology and continue to produce it. This technology is gradually facing endangerment.

Inheritance value

Staff of Shaya Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Office introduced that only 50 people could make fetal lamb skin hats, and only 10 folk craftsmen were engaged in making fetal lamb skin hats. They were distributed in Shaya Town, Yingmaili Town and other places in Shaya County.

Therefore, the production technology of Karakul fetal lamb leather cap in Shaya County has been included in the national intangible cultural heritage protection project, which has important practical significance for the inheritance and protection of traditional ethnic handicraft.

In order to protect the traditional skills of making Karakul fetal lamb caps, Shaya County has set up a "Leading Group for Protecting the Manufacturing Technology of Traditional fetal lamb caps". The traditional manufacturing technology guidance group, mainly composed of the technicians of fetal lamb caps manufacturing technology, has also been established. It mainly liaises with the county's Cap-Making masters to carry out exchanges and cooperation and train the inheritors.

In June 2007, Karakul fetal lamb leather cap, Uygur traditional knife making skills and Uygur traditional fishing customs in Shaya County successfully entered the first batch of autonomous region-level intangible cultural heritage list.