/kloc-in the past 0/0 years, with the restructuring and disintegration of several large-scale collective bamboo weaving enterprises in the city, a number of private bamboo weaving craft enterprises have emerged from the ups and downs of the socialist market economy. For example, Dongfeng Bamboo Weaving Factory is the new vanguard of bamboo weaving enterprises in our city. They are either famous for the fine bamboo weaving of animal utensils, or the flat bamboo weaving technology of China's paintings and calligraphy, or the fine bamboo weaving with Jiangnan folk customs as the theme, or mass-produced with practical bamboo weaving technology, or made bamboo weaving shadow series products with new technology, or specialized in producing new fitness products such as ancient bows and arrows. It is true that the Eight Immortals crossed the ocean and showed their magical powers, which raised the level of bamboo weaving technology in Dongyang to a new realm and height. Around these pioneers, there are also a large number of bamboo weaving self-employed, who are scattered in various villages and families, making Dongyang bamboo weaving craft products market lively and prosperous.

According to incomplete statistics, there are 150 kinds of weaving techniques for bamboo weaving in Dongyang. Bamboo weaving crafts can be divided into 25 categories, including figures, animals, utensils, antique products, furnishings, furniture, lamps, stationery, bathware, flower covers, decorations, bamboo silk inlay (bamboo-wood combination), bamboo garden architecture, indoor and outdoor decoration of bamboo art, bamboo wallpaper, bamboo root carving, green carving and so on, with more than 3,000 varieties. The city has more than 6000 employees. There are 2 bamboo weaving masters in China, 2 provincial arts and crafts masters, 4 senior arts and crafts artists and 98 intermediate arts and crafts artists. Products are exported to more than 60 countries and regions in Europe, Asia and the United States. In 2004, the total output value of bamboo weaving handicrafts in the city reached 200 million yuan, and the export earned 65.438+0.5 billion yuan. Dongyang bamboo weaving crafts are famous for their exquisite skills, unique styles, beautiful shapes, fine weaving, elegant colors and the combination of appreciation and practicality.

In a word, Dongyang Bamboo Weaving, as a characteristic variety of traditional arts and crafts in Zhejiang Province, is a wonderful flower in China Arts and Crafts Garden. If we can get the attention and support from governments and departments at all levels, in the glorious 2 1 century, Dongyang bamboo weaving will inherit the tradition, innovate the skills and create new achievements.

Creating brand and fine products has become a bright spot in bamboo handicraft production in the new period. By 2005, at national, provincial and ministerial level arts and crafts exhibitions, competitions or expositions, Dongyang bamboo weaving handicrafts won 95 awards, including 42 gold awards, 8 silver awards 18, 5 bronze awards 15 and 20 merit awards. The award-winning performance is far ahead of the bamboo weaving peers at the county and city levels in China. Among them, He Fuli's golden works, such as bamboo silk and white crane tripod, elephant, goose singing and what's wrong with the sea, Lu Guanghua's large-scale bamboo hanging Preface to the Lanting Pavilion, White Horse Map and Tiger Map, Su Dongpo's calligraphy on the front and back red walls, three-dimensional bamboo weaving Tang Yin Landscape Painting and Xu Jingbin's golden works of the Millennium Dragon Plate, have all reached outstanding artistic heights in their respective technical fields. Among them, Lu Guanghua's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion, Eight Horses Map and He Fuli's Basket of Eight Immortals with Bamboo Silk were successively rated as the fine arts and crafts of Zhejiang Province. 1997, He Fuli specially made a 2500m-long giant dragon lantern for the Hong Kong Council of Social Service to celebrate the return of Hong Kong. Tung Chee-hwa, the chief executive of Hong Kong, personally opened his eyes and won the Guinness World Records medal that year. CCTV has also reported on Dongyang's traditional bamboo weaving skills many times. However, due to the influence of market economy and high-tech industry, bamboo weaving skills are lacking. Dongyang bamboo weaving is mainly supported by a group of artists over 45 years old, and almost no young people are willing to learn, resulting in a situation where the green and yellow are not connected. If it is not protected in time, this traditional skill will be lost. Therefore, it is urgent to protect Dongyang bamboo weaving, a traditional arts and crafts product.

Dongyang produces bamboo and is known as the hometown of bamboo weaving. Dongyang bamboo weaving existed in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. As a handicraft, "Dongyang Bamboo Weaving" has a history of 1200 years. The Song Dynasty is famous for the Lantern Festival, and it has been famous as a tribute since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, it entered its heyday and won prizes at the Panama International Exposition as early as 65,438+0,965,438+05. After liberation, especially since the reform and opening-up, Dongyang bamboo weaving has flourished in spring, and has won the high-quality products of the Ministry of Light Industry, the fine products of Zhejiang Province, the Hundred Flowers Award Gold and Silver Cup of China Arts and Crafts, and the China Folk Craft Gold Award. By the end of 2005, * * * had won 95 awards.

There are more than 500 exquisite bamboo weaves in the bamboo weaving collection. Among them are Ma Fujin's century-old masterpiece "Carrying Baskets", the national treasures "Nine Dragons Wall", "Fisherman" and "Xiangting", as well as the representative works of Chinese bamboo weaving masters Lu Guanghua and He Fuli.