The Meaning of Printing and Dyeing in China
中国印染的意义
Printing and dyeing here refer to traditional folk handicraft of printing patterns on or dyeing various fabrics. In actual useweaverthe termprinting and dyeing may mean the folk technology of printing or the dyeing of fibrous fabrics in the broad sense,whereas in the narrow sense means a specific painting and dyeing approach, namely, a method of printing colored patterns on cloth by applying wax on the part that is not to be colored with hard paper printing plate. In China,folk printing and dyeing have a long history with diversified approaches and techniques. Having both practical and aesthetic value,printing and dyeing vividly reflect the simple,unaffected but profound cultural and artiste Skills.
印染在这里指的是在传统民间手工艺或各种染色织物上印刷图案。在实际使用中织工术语印染在广义上的可能意味着印刷或纤维织物的民间工艺，而在狭义指特定绘画和染色的方法，即，印刷彩色图案的方法，通过在布上未将与硬纸印版着色的部分施加蜡。在中国，民间印染在方法和技术上有着悠久的历史与多元化。印染兼具实用和审美价值，生动地反映了朴实，不受影响，但是有着深厚的文化及艺人技能。
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