Walking into Brown's house, you can often see exquisite and beautiful bamboo products such as bamboo tables and stools. From these simple and practical daily necessities, it is not difficult to see that Brown people have accumulated rich historical civilization and wisdom in their long-term productive labor.
Bamboo weaving is an ancient handicraft skill spread among Bulang and Dai people. The production process is simple but elegant, from bamboo chips, bamboo chips breaking and cutting to bamboo utensils weaving and shaping, all by hand.
Handmade bamboo weaving technology is a unique handicraft skill accumulated and handed down by Bulang ancestors in their long-term production and life. Tables, stools and laundry baskets woven with bamboo have become indispensable daily necessities for the Bulang people, and bamboo weaving has also become one of the crafts on which the Bulang people depend for survival. It is said that in the era of barter, a basket can be replaced by a basket full of millet. Because bamboo weaving is practical, durable and beautiful, people have great demand, which makes this small bamboo weaving process win glory in the long river of history. There are many styles of bamboo weaving in Bulang nationality, such as bamboo table, bamboo stool, bamboo reed and so on. As small as a knife basket, lunch box, colander and bamboo board; There are also prayer baskets, bamboo tables, wax boxes and so on. I used to worship Buddha in Myanmar temples, which was beautiful in style, economical and durable.
Mengku Town Gongnong Village Committee is a village inhabited by Bulang people. Bamboo products were very popular in the past. Now, because bamboo is a labor-intensive job, few people have made bamboo. Dao Yuerong, who is 6 1 year-old this year, has a special liking for bamboo, and he still inherits this ancient handicraft skill exclusively. His bamboo wares are famous in the village and even outside. We were lucky enough to appreciate his bamboo weaving technique.
Bamboo is the key to weaving bamboo baskets, which requires special wool bamboo, while industrial and rural areas are only a few clusters planted by bamboo weaving families themselves.
Chopped bamboo can be used directly. First break the bamboo into strips, then evenly break the strips into thin strips, and then process the thin strips into bamboo strips. The processing method of bamboo strips is very particular. The cutting knife should not be too fast or too dull. Hold the knife with one hand and pull it back with the other. It is necessary to control the uniformity of stripes by hand strength.
When weaving bamboo rafts, the bottom of the frame is fixed with 26 wide arrows, and then the side bamboo rafts are woven up one by one. Bamboo weavers will always repeat the action of pressing and closing, so that the side bamboo raft and the arrow bamboo raft frame are firmly pressed together, step by step, and finally the top is closed with the back shuttle flower. It takes 48 hums to make such a complete reed. In the hands of the old bamboo weavers, strips of bamboo jumped up and down like pieces of brocade, and then arranged in order. We are amazed at the skilled technology and the rules of molding.
In order to make the bamboo pole more beautiful, in the process of weaving, the middle part of the bamboo pole will be separated by long strips to weave hollow patterns; Finally, with smooth wide bamboo strips as handles, four large and even bamboo tips are sawed into four legs, and then woven into a reed body, which is fixed on the reed body with rattan locks, so that the woven bamboo pole looks more beautiful, and the four cylindrical legs also play a stable role when placed. It usually takes three days to weave such a bamboo basket.
The simple and elegant bamboo weaving technology and exquisite bamboo weaving equipment symbolize the wisdom of the Palmae people, embody the magic of the Palmae people, and witness the victory of the Palmae people with nature and struggle for existence since ancient times.