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Jiaxie

Jiaxie is a traditional Chinese handicraft technique of printing and dyeing on fabrics. It originated in the Qin and Han dynasties and flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties, serving as the precursor to woodblock printing and printing in China. Jiaxie mainly uses a set of symmetrical flower patterns, tightly sandwiched with silk fabric, immersed in indigo dye solution to achieve dyeing. In the Tang dynasty, Jiaxie technique had already developed into a colorful printing and dyeing technique, featuring vibrant colors, exquisite patterns, and strong practicality, which became very popular.

However, during the Song dynasty, it was twice banned by the government of the Zhao Dynasty and almost disappeared. After the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Jiaxie shifted from multi-color to a single blue color. Jiaxie printing and dyeing technique is a microcosm of agrarian society and a valuable folk craft with a history of over a thousand years. It has important reference value for studying the people’s livelihood, folk customs, ideology, and other aspects of agrarian society in China.