"The world's affairs are woven on the tube skirt. Those are the articles written by the ancestors, those are the folk songs of Awa Mountain, and those are the ancient songs that are closely related to life." Stitch by stitch, it hides the past and present of the Wa people in Ximeng, recording the history of Awa The past and present of Wa Mountain are full of praise and love for this landscape by the brocade weavers.
The Wa people's textile skills have a long history and are colorful, which is a collection of Chinese Wa people's culture. Wa brocade, also known as Wa brocade, is one of the traditional skills passed down from generation to generation by the Wa people, and has now been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage item. According to legend, the word "Brocade" is quoted from the "scenery" of beautiful scenery, and aims to use the ever-changing beauty of natural scenery to describe the colorful beauty of brocade. Unique colors and simple patterns constitute the style of the Wa brocade with a strong ethnic style, presenting the cultural characteristics of the Wa people living in harmony with nature. A small Wa brocade should show the beautiful natural features of the Wa mountains, mountains and rivers, villages, rivers, forests, flowers and plants, colorful clouds, and clouds, as well as the basic necessities of life, beliefs, and customs of the Wa people. historical and social value.
Follow Ximeng Xikang Yunshe to embark on a journey of immersion in the ethnic culture of southern Yunnan, and hold the brilliance of the "intangible cultural heritage" art in southern Yunnan in your own hands. When you step into a traditional Wa village, you will see women who are good at weaving brocade sitting on the ground with their hands flying between the spinning wheel and the loom; The exquisite costumes presented by the hands. The non-heritage inheritors will teach in person, and deeply experience the living fossils of national skills that have been passed down for thousands of years.
The brocade weaving of the Wa nationality has warmth. While inheriting ancient techniques, it constantly injects fresh blood and integrates into modern life. One warp and one weft are weaved in the world, and each thread is like a cloud. Picking light yarn with a stick, threading with a wooden shuttle, and knotting with a comb board, the cycle goes back and forth according to the law, the interweaving of warp and weft threads, and the embroidery painting with needles instead of pens, depicting the magnificence and magic of the splendid Chinese silk culture. Wa brocade has always paid attention to the use of color. The color tone is black and red as the basic color, yellow, green, white and blue alternately, pink and brown as auxiliary, like a rainbow hanging under the sky of Wa Mountain; Solid, harmonious and smooth, fine workmanship, unique style, reflecting the rich and colorful spiritual world of the Wa people, is a distinctive cultural symbol of the Wa people.
The ancestors of the Wa nationality endure hardships and stand hard work, and they are diligent in farming. They "plow the mountains and grow harvests, and know a lot about weaving." Thousands of years have passed, and in today's Awa Mountain in Ximeng, every village has brocade weaving experts and brocade inheritors. They twist and weave cloth, and use colorful weaving threads to weave the happy life of the Awa people and weave the love in their hearts. A piece of colorful clouds also weaves a magnificent picture of Wa Mountain in the new era. This is the embodiment of the diligence and wisdom of the ingenious Wa compatriots, and it is also the whisper of the narrator of the Wa culture. Wa brocade can be used in many ways. In addition to clothing, it can also be used as shoulder bags, leg wraps, quilt covers, bed sheets, curtains, and artistic ornaments. Every piece of work is pleasing to the eye and never gets tired of.
The ancient art weaves pure time, enters the list of intangible cultural heritage, and explores the weaving skills of the Wa people. As always, Xikang Yunshe uses its original intention to find scenery from the destination and introduce it into the hotel, so as to retain the original ingenuity and the softness of the depths of time. We pay attention to those "intangible cultural heritage" skills, hard farming, pure culture and people in remote areas, use public welfare to drive the development of the area where Yunshe is located, inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional culture, and keep the national spirit alive.