Feel the intangible charm of Jiashan's traditional button making skills
Buttons are the accessories for clothes and are the most common and common items for us. However, you can know that even small button making skills can be included in the third batch of Zhejiang intangible cultural heritage. Did you feel surprised? Let's take a look.
In fact, the technique of button making listed as "intangible cultural heritage of the province" mentioned above refers to traditional button making techniques. After more than 100 years of wind and rain, it is still proud of the world.
Traditional crafts such as shimmering gold did not bury in the sediments of history, entered the ancient alleys in Jiashan, and went to the end along the long horizons. The ancient “button museum†stood on the street. Deep in the lane. Here, there are a wide range of ancient and modern buttons and various kinds of deduction machines. The small buttons tell people with their unique rhythm the history of the beautiful and long-lasting deduction of the button of Jiaxing.
Traditional high-button production techniques began in the folk practical production techniques inherited from generation to generation in Jiashan County. They can be divided into two types: shell buttons and braided buttons. Shell button production was first created in 1921 and has a long history.
Shell Buttons:
Although the shell button looks simple, the production process requires seven processes. The raw materials are carefully selected, mainly produced in the local rivers, triangles, numbs, and bananas. The natural seashells are hard, natural and white, and the buttons produced are unique. The sense of quality.
Through the six processes of "falling, grinding, styling, peeling, bleaching, and polishing", shell buttons are made. Each step seems simple, but each step is the most time-consuming and rigorous. In the production process, not only need to step on the tool to run, but also need to rely on hand control, hands and feet, and must have considerable proficiency.
Pan button:
The production of coiled incense buttons is wider. The production of incense buttons requires six processes, the first choice of materials, generally using cotton, silk and other fabrics, colors, patterns, according to the color of clothing. After five processes of “falling, edging, knotting, shaping, and sewingâ€, button making will be completed.
Unlike the shell buttons, there are many types of incense buttons, including chrysanthemum, orchid, new grape, new button, new buttonberry, new butterfly, new goldfish, new button, etc. There are also lantern new buttons, new buttons, new buttons, new buttons, etc. style.
The traditional craftsmanship is thus preserved. In an increasingly flourishing era, the sense of ritual needs to be passed down. This is a kind of cultural heritage and a call from Jiashan to the past.
In the pursuit of this day, Jiashan is not a city that has only stayed in the past. Today, Jiashan is committed to building a modern city of technological innovation—Jiashan Industrial New City. In accordance with local conditions and scientific planning and development, this culturally rich city will be infused with modern development dynamism, and will strive for future advancement in the forefront of the world. The Jiashan Industrial New City will soon take off.
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