The first is to make a cloth shell-paste four layers of cotton cloth evenly together, and then paste various colors of silk cloth on the base cloth to make a flat and solid cloth shell; Next, make petals. Generally speaking, regardless of the size, the petals of Jingxi hydrangea are 12 petals and one ball.

Second, embroider leaves. This step is the most important. Generally, the smaller the hydrangea pattern, the simpler it is, and the larger the hydrangea pattern, the more complex and vivid it is. According to legend, there is a saying that "except for the middle four petals, the rest require that the upper four petals must pick birds and the lower four petals must be animals". For the hydrangea pattern with a diameter less than 6 cm, every woman in the old street can basically draw it herself. But if the diameter is more than 8 cm, such as 12 cm, 20 cm or even 1 m or 2 m, what patterns should be embroidered and how to match the colors on the patterns should be drawn by people who are good at drawing first, and then copied by others after matching the colors.

Step 3, make the triangular shuttle ball valve body. In the past, the fillers in hydrangea were mostly mung beans, millet, cottonseed or chaff, which made hydrangea have a certain weight and were suitable for throwing. At the same time, it also means throwing seeds of friendship and love at each other, or indicating that love is as long as mung beans. I don't know when the hydrangeas on Jiuzhou Old Street were planted with old cotton. Later, because it was unsanitary and easy to get wet, it was filled with sawdust that was not easy to absorb water.

The last step is to sew the concentrated triangular shuttle valve body into a ball from tip to tip, and decorate it with small ornaments such as beads and ribbons, and a delicate hydrangea is made.

Hang a red cloth on the door when you get married.

Red cloth hanging on the door.

Zhou Xihai

In a rural family, a piece of red cloth is hung on the door or the head of the courtyard door, and people know that the woman in this family is confinement and gave birth to a daughter. If another seed cotton is hung on the red cloth, it will blossom and bear fruit and give birth to a boy. Although babies are born in hospitals now, I still hang a red cloth note on the door when I get home. It is said that this folk custom was formed as early as the Warring States Period, and there was an authoritative minister named Lin Xiangru in the dynasty. He is a famous politician, thinker and diplomat throughout the ages. He is very honest and respected as an official. When his daughter gave birth to a baby, many high-ranking officials and rich people heard about it, and they all wanted to take this opportunity to present a generous gift and make friends with Lin Xiangru. Lin Xiangru saw through their plot and came up with a clever plan to end what they had done.

One day, Lin Xiangru strolled to a temple and told a monk the origin. The monk was very moved. He wanted to realize Lin Xiangru's dream, so he followed Lin Xiangru into the house and said to Miss Lin, There is a bad omen ahead of you. You should avoid outsiders within a month, or mother and son will be killed. Later, he hung a piece of red cloth on the door, which read: Evil spirits shine red, evil spirits fly to all demons ... Afterwards, Lin Xiangru ordered the whole family to publicize it, but those officials and rich people had to stop it. So this folk custom has continued to this day.

From a modern point of view, hanging red cloth on the door also has certain scientific reasons. It is a sign of a woman's confinement, warning people that there are confinement at home and refusing to visit, so as not to disturb the sleep and rest of mother and baby. Moreover, if every family has an infectious patient, they will also bring the virus into the maternal home. Mothers and babies are in the stage of weakness and low immunity, and viruses often take advantage of it. So hang a red cloth on the door to warn people not to be superstitious about pregnant women leaving home.

Hang red cloth on the door when you get married.

Red cloth hanging on the door.

Zhou Xihai

In a rural family, a piece of red cloth is hung on the door or the head of the courtyard door, and people know that the woman in this family is confinement and gave birth to a daughter. If another seed cotton is hung on the red cloth, it will blossom and bear fruit and give birth to a boy. Although babies are born in hospitals now, I still hang a red cloth note on the door when I get home. It is said that this folk custom was formed as early as the Warring States Period, and there was an authoritative minister named Lin Xiangru in the dynasty. He is a famous politician, thinker and diplomat throughout the ages. He is very honest and respected as an official. When his daughter gave birth to a baby, many high-ranking officials and rich people heard about it, and they all wanted to take this opportunity to present a generous gift and make friends with Lin Xiangru. Lin Xiangru saw through their plot and came up with a clever plan to end what they had done.

One day, Lin Xiangru strolled to a temple and told a monk the origin. The monk was very moved. He wanted to realize Lin Xiangru's dream, so he followed Lin Xiangru into the house and said to Miss Lin, There is a bad omen ahead of you. You should avoid outsiders within a month, or mother and son will be killed. Later, he hung a piece of red cloth on the door, which read: Evil spirits shine red, evil spirits fly to all demons ... Afterwards, Lin Xiangru ordered the whole family to publicize it, but those officials and rich people had to stop it. So this folk custom has continued to this day.

From a modern point of view, hanging red cloth on the door also has certain scientific reasons. It is a sign of a woman's confinement, warning people that there are confinement at home and refusing to visit, so as not to disturb the sleep and rest of mother and baby. Moreover, if every family has an infectious patient, they will also bring the virus into the maternal home. Mothers and babies are in the stage of weakness and low immunity, and viruses often take advantage of it. So hang a red cloth on the door to warn people not to be superstitious about pregnant women leaving home.