Straw basketstechnical and manual skills comes from1500 years ago.

Straw handicraft is best-known all over the world. It has 1500 years of history, it can trace back to the Qing Dynasty emperor Yong Zheng years (about 1730 ) afferent county churchyard, at first circulated in Ji Xiang Zhu Village area, after radiation to Weidong area, pinch to thousands of households and braided handicraft.

Straw processing throughout the county and the surrounding area, this industry has become an economic source of vast rural area.

After reforming and opening, straw technology division on the basis of traditional technology combined with modern advanced technology, in the traditional straw hat x basis, increase the clothing, handbag, tea mats, cushions, mats, curtains, fruit box, basket, slippers and with straw and grass braid production of decorative painting, decorative boxes. It has now developed more than 1000 kinds of products, especially straw apparel products for all sectors of the collection, by fashion model and expert favor.

Name of straw handicrafts are exported to Europe, Asia, the United States and other countries and regions. In 2006, famous straw handicraft in Hebei province was included in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage; in 2008 February was included in the national intangible cultural heritage protection project.

Straw raw materials become thin out.

Let us from" disappeared" name straw plant.

" ’ famous straw plant ’ is actually a County Federation of supply and marketing cooperatives plaited straw processing factory, and was renamed County Federation of supply and marketing cooperatives grass products company. Founded in 1952, when more than 50 people, is to facilitate the acquisition and processing of straw braid from the country, and exported to foreign countries." Former straw plant director Zhang Chunyuan said," in 1981 the factory benefit is best, then profits and taxes about 400000. The factory has more than 700 workers; in addition to the 1 General Factory also has 4 branch."

“From 80 times begin first, the wheat yield increase gradually; this is because of the introduction of ‘high’ wheat. This low wind resistance, high yield, wheat straw. The farmers get real benefits, and gradually the county people began planting the ’ high ’ wheat. However this wheat stalk short because of, but not suitable for straw braid."

Maybe in time, peasant families celebrate the wheat yield rising, however in 1991 straw plant unit in charge: the County Federation of supply and marketing cooperatives, submit to the bank. "On the grass products company owned five factory is uted shut and bank loan credit." ask for instructions, which cites the following numbers: the 1985 acquisition of straw braid up to 9500 packs, acquired in 1986 and 1989 1500 pack, only buy 462 pack ... ... Coupled with the wheat harvest mechanization, make braided straw raw material -- Maiting, presents the obvious reduction ... ...

It is not difficult to see that, in the late eighty yard management hard.

“The straw is not suitable for pinch braided grass, plus machines reap the wheat straw return to field directly. Slowly I haven’t been pinched braided grass. Without the supply of raw materials, the factory gradually declined ... ... Until 1997 the factory closed". Zhang Chunyuan slightly sad to say

The production of straw ups and downs

Public straw plant failures do not mean the name from the last straw. Instead, Zhang Chunyuan and Wang Qunying very affirmative ground says, famous straw will never disappear.

Zhang Chunyuan explained:" although it is not suitable for straw, but in rural areas, some farmers still will set aside a piece of land suitable for growing, to pinch braided grass wheat. They still maintained this tradition: can use straw preparation supplies still insist on using straw. Just do not appear like the original mass production."

Now in the county still has two individual straw plant, wherein a straw factory director Zhu study said:" it is really difficult to batch production of straw, but due to its characteristics -- natural, or by domestic and foreign consumers recognized. Especially now some straw crafts."

Talk about straw production status, China straw Master Yu Yong said:" straw types are very rich, in different regions and different characteristics, both practical and artistic ornamental, but straw by raw material influence, because the chooseed material is pure natural plant. Plants affected by seasonal factors, so the straw like other arts and crafts, any time will be done. Then the straw artists to form their own style, like calligraphy, should have their own characteristics, to make his works go."

Straw fashion popular

In the name of straw, king of heroes can be said to be that famous straw "go " the first person.

From 2005 up to now, she d the straw to provinces and cities large-scale performances of 14 fields. In her creation of the straw, the most famous is the straw facial makeup and fashion.

“The earliest in the mid eighty’s, had the series straw clothes design. Until the summer of 2006 it begins production." Wang Qunying said," from the school took students do; let them wear straw clothes like go T like in stage performance. People are never seen ah, so it is very popular."

" Peking Opera is a traditional art, straw Peking Opera -- go home ugly, complete system, draw lessons from the art of Beijing opera to show straw art, we are willing to accept, but also very popular. Get out selling, a set of two hundred yuan, will soon be bought."

Wang Qunying sighed and said:" in recent years, I have been to mass production of Facebook and other crafts, but straw most special place is machine cannot be replaced, and now in the straw man seldom."

“Sometimes the raw materials are not enough, (straw) on this one season each year a large number of acquisitions, missed looking for trouble." In the County suburbs on many walls, are affixed to write “braided grass acquisition point" paper, Wang Qunying explanation is: time to hurry.

In the king of heroes now living in the courtyard, there are several room has piled up with her recently collected Maiting bundle. Open the door, the wheat fragrant Pumianerlai, familiar, as if people feel they are called old fashion.