Huang Daopo has brought advanced production technology, and cotton threshing, loosening, spinning and weaving technologies have been greatly improved. The prosperity of cotton textile handicraft industry has also effectively promoted the development of cotton production. Fang's "Shanghai Local Records" records: "Only Huang Daopo entered our city, and the method of textile was fine, which was later imitated by other places, and cotton cloth was the service of the world." In Wunijing, Huang Daopo's hometown, her handmade cotton textile skills are still being passed down, and she has been listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture of China.
By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, folk costumes turned to luxury, and it was not uncommon for ordinary people to wear silks and satins. Hangluo is a silk weaving skill of Han nationality, which is produced in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, hence its name. Hangluo is made of pure mulberry silk by plain weave and leno weave. There are two kinds of horizontal yarn and straight yarn, and the straight yarn or horizontal yarn holes are equidistant and regular, clear and comfortable to wear. Silk is a specialty of China. The invention and large-scale production of silk products by the working people of the Han nationality opened the first large-scale commercial exchange between the East and the West in the history of the world, known as the Silk Road in history.
Silk reeling, also known as "silk carving", is the essence of traditional Han silk artworks. As one of the most traditional silk fabrics of Han nationality in China, it is a decorative silk with carving effect, three-dimensional effect and great appreciation. Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it has been one of the royal fabrics, often used to weave the emperor's clothes, resist the truth and imitate the paintings and calligraphy of celebrities. Nanjing Yunjin is an outstanding representative of the excellent traditional culture of the Han nationality in China. It is named after its gorgeous appearance and beauty like clouds in the sky. Jin Song is one of the traditional silk handicrafts of Han nationality in China. It started at the end of the Song Dynasty (about 1 1 century) and originated mainly in Suzhou, so it is also called "Suzhou Song Brocade". Song Jin, with its gorgeous colors, exquisite patterns and solid texture, was awarded the "crown of glory" in China. Together with Nanjing Yunjin and Sichuan Jin Shu, it is called the three famous brocade in China. Blue calico, also known as indigo calico, commonly known as patch cloth and watering cloth, is a traditional printing and dyeing product of Han nationality, with a history of 1300 years. Indigo dye has developed into a blue dyeing technology, and the dyed cyan and blue are the main colors of traditional clothing in China.
Qi Yao Min Shu Zhi Lan by Jia Sixie in the Northern Wei Dynasty is the earliest record of indigo production and operation in the world. The blue dyeing process in the Tang Dynasty was very popular among the people. The manufacturing process of medicated cloth developed on the basis of woodcut leakage printing is basically similar to that of blue printed cloth.
Stranded valerian, also known as tie-dyeing, on the basis of sketch, through the tying and dyeing of thread and rope for many times, in the dyeing of dye and the binding folds of cloth, the color presents a multi-level and flexible artistic sense like ceramic kiln change. The skill of dyeing Valerian once flourished on the ancient Silk Road. Han women like braided hairstyles. Long hair hangs over the head and is fixed with one or several hairpins. The winding way of the bun and the diversity of the hairpins bring colorful decorative effects, which are pleasing to the eye. This long and short hairpin is made of gold, silver, jade, bone and wood, inlaid with various precious stones and finely carved. From royalty to peasant women, they all have their own hairpins, which show the wealth and status of the holders with high value.
In ancient times, Han women put their hair in a bun, and the bun shapes include double bun, vertical bun, partial bun, flat bun, spiral bun, high bun and flying bun. There are dozens of specific names, such as comb venetian steamed buns, double-ring Wang Xian steamed buns, Chaotian steamed buns, Zhuanlian steamed buns, Bao steamed buns and Hua steamed buns. The ornaments on the bun include combs, grates, hair clips, walking waves, Cui Qiao, Zhu Cui, gold and silver jewelry, heads, bead hoops, bead crowns, rockhoppers, and bead cards refined from couples, Yao Zhai, beads and gold, silver and jade. The sideburns are decorated on both sides of the hair, and some wear curtains and hijabs.