Wheat straw handcraft for like ten fingers dance.  Xuecheng District sand town people in Pang Zhuangcun, the general of the wheat straw and sorghum leather woven into both economical and durable goods. The last straw, handmade was the main economic source Pang Zhuang village. And now the straw handmade, but in the exploration one accord with a times to develop way, in order to break through the young people do not want to perform handmade dilemma.

There are more than 400 years of history

Now has 400 years of history in the early Qing Dynasty, Pang Zhuangcun 's people began to use wheat straw were handmade, due to early woven goods mainly are the grass store, therefore in the history they also known as handmade" build grass store sub". Grass store subsidiary called " cat Qisi", meaning no matter how frustrating is cat, also cannot open grass store subsidiary take inside the food, it shows its good sealing capability. Later, weaving varieties more and more, but more with practical give priority to,and people production, life, species of 5 major categories, and 3. From family life supplies, such as steamed bun store subsidiary, basket, cage, lid, to the winery, a soy sauce factory with a large head, complete varieties, volume one.

Pang Zhuangcun weaving technology has been very prosperous, especially before and after the liberation, the rural economy is underdeveloped, weaving process is relatively less complicated, people at home can weave, and children begin to learn. For example, for steamed bun store, beginners weak for the bottom cover, and the technology pass is made to help, so forming a production line, a large scale, the sales market throughout many cities, South to Anhui, Jiangsu, north to Yanzhou, east to Linyi, West to Peixian.

Sand town people as Pang Zhuangcun labor crystallization, wheat straw handmade to promote Pang Zhuangcun's economy, played a role cannot be ignored. It is a folk activity tools, but also folk activities of the carrier, is a kind of folk native arts and crafts. Have had" Lee Building ( the name of the village of Li Xu ( n ), the name of the village ) mat, Pang village store on a full set of " view, a few hundred miles just to see sell store man who knew Pang Zhuang people.

78 inheritance person skilled movements

Pang Zhen 78 years old this year, more than 10 years at the start of the study of wheat straw handmade, handmade with him for a lifetime, as wheat straw handmade heir, nearly eight years of Pang Geier braid straw for still skilled. Pang Zhen told reporters, learning hand made almost no skills, when elders gave him a head, he next to learn make up, slowly skilled.

As a result of woven out of store subsidiary absorbent insulation is good, especially suitable for placing steamed bread, Pang Zhen memories, when people often to the village to custom. It is understood, wheat straw hand-knitted goods are suitable for placing food, and it is a relationship. Start planting of winter wheat, need to choose fine varieties, excellent land, then apply a large number of earthy miscellaneous fertilizer watering, weeding, carefully, disease prevention, medical treatment, so as to ensure that the growth vigor of wheat straw, straight, strong, bright. In the time of harvest, must use the hand sickle cut, ensure the straw cannot be damaged.

Pang regent, before making the need for raw materials processing. The first will be kept out of straw, soaked in clear water, according to the weaving amount of rotation immersion, take out the small sun, ensure the straw cannot be too dry, cannot be too wet, so the straw in the preparation process can have a certain toughness, not easily broken. The preparation processes, but also will sorghum straw skin into fine strips, as wheat straw during threading, as a frame, play a fixed role.

Once a few in the family together weave

The last century 60's is Pang Zhuang weaving is the most prosperous period, when the industrial economy is developing rapidly, Zaozhuang mine enterprises workers is much also, at this time the most popular rice steamer. Many enterprises of the canteen to purchase, indirectly leading pancakes, pot cover, grass basket store seed sales. At that time, one can sell five or six yuan straw knit attracted many Pang Zhuang ginseng and weaving, from the fields returned home and began to weave.

According to Pang Zhen memories, at that time, almost every family has one woven straw, usually at night, to work is night, sometimes in order to save lamp money, several families together around a lamp series. For good later, at one or two in the morning when you pull the cart, chooseing the load to the nearby large cities to sell, every time the knitting, just pull to the market and are sold out, so the people in the village have one more channels of revenue. Since then the people in the village all night busy braiding, without rest, so the village public security is very good, basic has not been.

" But many people have formal job, the evening after work will watch TV make up wheat straw as a sideline, money." Pang Geier said. The braided straw Pang Zhuang village has almost become a habit, Pang Regent's son daughter-in-law also will weave.

Young people today will weave but unwilling to do

Pang Zhen told reporters, because young people now are almost always look at my parents for wheat straw grew up, so they will weave, but really want to stay at home for the young man almost no straw.

" Out of work than in the home series of wheat straw make a lot of money, so the young people not in the weaving, now only a dozen woven straw man is a old man." Pang Geier said, except by the economic and social development impact, no large scale development, artistic variety without improvement, product class is low, the multiple causes of wheat straw hand made products market demand gradually reduce.

In view of this situation, the relevant departments to take certain measures. For example, organize special personnel to collect, arrange related data, the related skills for feature photography, retaining the first hand information. Pang Zhuang village committee will be organized in each Pang Zhuang handmade to participate in the vicinity of province, city events, the Pang Zhuang straw hand made for publicity and promotion.

The town government organization for wheat straw hand weave personnel art training, develop high grade art of strong new products, at the same time referral Pang Zhuang hand made in Shandong province and Zaozhuang city folk arts and crafts exhibitions.

Life needs arising from wheat straw handmade, along with the development of the times has gradually not adapt to the needs of the community, only to get rid of the shackles, art innovation, to explore a straw weaving continued to survive Road, let the handmade thoroughly to remold oneself to radiate vigor.