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HEZE, China, Dec. 22, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

Blue printed cloth is a traditional Chinese printing and dyeing technique.

Dongming's blue printed cloth folk art, a traditional hand-dyeing technique,

dates back hundreds of years. It is a provincial intangible cultural heritage

of Shandong Province.

Creating Dongming's blue printed cloth involves a very complicated production

process, including pattern making, anti-dyeing production, and the printing and

dyeing processes. In finished works, white designs are clearly visible on the

distinctive blue background. The designs are generally flowers, birds, insects

and animals, which all have auspicious meanings. These patterns are exquisite

in shape, rich in form, propitious in meaning, and unique in style. Patterns

such as phoenix and peony, unicorn sending children (fertility), and festivity

and abundance are all expressions of simplicity, elegance, freshness and

peaceful beauty.

Chen Xusheng, the current inheritor of blue printed cloth in Dongming County,

has recently developed and produced a series of new products using blue printed

cloth as the raw material after improving the platemaking for blue printed

cloth printing and dyeing processes. His products are widely welcomed in

Chinese and overseas markets.

Source: Information Office of Dongming County People's Government

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