Wuluo Weaving Technique (Gauze Weaving Technique)

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Wu Luo Weaving Technique (Four-warp Twisted Luo Weaving Technique, Gauze Luo Weaving Technique) "Luo" originally refers to a weaving method, and later specifically refers to silk fabrics woven in this way. It is woven with twisted silk in the form of warp and weft twisting. It has the characteristics of thin texture, smooth hand feel, beautiful patterns, and breathability. It has been regarded as a silk treasure in all dynasties. Due to its complex process, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and expensive price, it is mostly used for making clothing, curtains, screens, fans, etc. in royal government offices. The Taihu Lake Basin, centered on Suzhou, is known as the hometown of silk. The silk Luo produced here has enjoyed a high reputation in history and is called Wu Luo. Since modern times, Luo has gradually disappeared from people's sight, and fewer and fewer people have mastered the silk Luo weaving technique. It can be said that there are very few people, and most people don't know what Luo is. After the discovery of Hangzhou's Hang Luo weaving technique, it immediately attracted the attention of relevant departments and was listed in the list of intangible cultural heritage at the Jianggan District, Municipal, Zhejiang Provincial and National levels in Hangzhou in 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2009, "Hang Luo Weaving Technique" was listed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as an important representative project of "Chinese Sericulture and Silk Weaving Technique". Suzhou's weaving technique has a long history. The carbonized textile fragments excavated by archaeologists at the Caoxieshan site are ribbed fabrics made of wild kudzu, which have a history of more than 6,000 years. It can be said that Suzhou is the hometown of Luo. Suzhou's weaving technique is superb. At least by the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it was already famous all over the world and was called "Wu Luo". In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the weaving technique of Wu Luo reached a higher level, with a variety of varieties such as Hua Luo, Su Luo, Dao Luo, Hexi Luo, Qiu Luo, etc., becoming the best among silk fabrics. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, with the disappearance of the high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the main consumer group, and the disintegration of the weaving bureau, the large-scale weaving of Wu Luo was stopped. Due to the difficulty of weaving and the high production cost, it was not affordable for ordinary people, and its skills were gradually shrinking. Moreover, due to the impact of foreign cloth, the weaving skills were almost extinct. The inheritors of Wu Luo weaving skills, represented by the Yu family and Li Hailong, are the only remaining lineage, and they are in urgent need of protection and rescue. Wu Luo weaving skills are rare. After the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council entrusted the task of weaving the silk scarf presented to the Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang - to a company in Hangzhou, they visited Hangzhou and could not find anyone who could complete this task. In the end, it was completed by Li Hailong, the inheritor of Wu Luo weaving skills. In order to replicate the lacquer screen window of Fuwang Pavilion in Qianlong Garden, the Forbidden City searched for three years before finding the relevant gauze production skills in Suzhou, which shows how rare it is. Wu Luo weaving skills are authentic. Because Guangfu is located in the mountainous area in the west of Suzhou, it had inconvenient transportation in the past, was relatively closed, and had no electricity for a long time. As a result, the Wu Luo weaving technique that was scattered in Guangfu countryside could only be produced by old-fashioned looms that were pedaled and pulled by hands, thus maintaining its authenticity. The Wu Luo weaving technique has the characteristics of a series. The varieties currently available include plain Luo, horizontal Luo, straight Luo, corresponding continuous Luo, four-warp chain Luo, two-warp, three-warp to eight-warp twisted Luo, sesame flower Luo, solid flower Luo, bright ground flower Luo, pattern Luo, makeup flower Luo, embroidered flower Luo, carved flower Luo, lacquered gauze Luo, and gold-carved Luo. This is almost unique at present. The Wu Luo weaving technique has extremely high historical and cultural value, artistic aesthetic value, scientific cognition value, and economic development value. Excavating the Wu Luo weaving technique from Guangfu countryside is a great achievement in the protection of intangible cultural heritage (no pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (no pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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