Ethnic Tie-Dye Products

In Zhoucheng, you can also see rich ethnic tie-dye products. Tie-dye is a traditional folk craft of the Bai people in Zhoucheng since the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and tie-dye handicrafts integrate culture and art. Tie-dye cloth is made by hand sewing, repeated cold-dyeing and dipping, showing the color of green with green, heavy and elegant, fine workmanship, fresh patterns and brilliant colors, which are exported both at home and abroad. Crafts made of tie-dye cloth are full of strong ethnic flavor, but also very modern flavor. In the past, Zhoucheng Bai ancestors drove horses and carried goods to the razor's edge, and fishing in the sea became the old man's topic, but Zhoucheng Bai business and handicrafts processing of the old traditional habits have been inherited. Has more than 300 years of history of tie-dye handicrafts in the new era shine. Tie-dyeing, also known as stranded val dyeing, commonly known as tie-flower cloth, is a white cloth according to the drawn pattern sewn up with a line, dyed with natural plant dyes, after rinsing and removing the line that is presented in the pattern, beautiful and rustic. Today's Zhoucheng tie-dye products have more than 250 kinds of products, exported to Europe, America and Southeast Asia countries, more than 200 million U.S. dollars in foreign exchange for the country each year. In Zhoucheng, everyone from little girls in their teens to grandmothers in their old age knows how to tie cloth. Zhoucheng has been named the "Hometown of White Dyeing and Tie-Dyeing Art" by the Ministry of Culture. In addition, Zhoucheng's traditional Bai hand-embroidered products are also popular among domestic and foreign tourists, and are exported to countries all over the world. There are also many Bai people in Zhoucheng engaged in the catering industry, "hot and sour fish" has become a good dish for Bai restaurants in Zhoucheng to entertain guests.

Ancient stage

North Square has a brick and wood structure of the ancient stage, built in Guangxu twenty-one years (1895), the ancient stage sits in the east and faces the west, the stage up to 2 meters high, hysterical roof lifting beams type of building, hanging with the euphonic people Duan Lingyun written inlaid word association: Zhou often perform the text, the rites and music of Hongmu new scenic luck; the city when the practice of martial arts, the string of songs and infantile celebration of the ascension of the peace. Ancient theater is facing two large green trees, this is the daily afternoon market trade place, every Torch Festival, Dali Zhou City here erected huge torches, became the place to celebrate the performance activities.