Recently, in Qingmao Village, Liubei District, folk craftsmen Yang Meifu and apprentice Yang Xuefang are sewing Miao costumes to supply the Miao New Year and Spring Festival markets.
Yang Meifu (right) sews Hmong costumes for his disciple Yang Xuefang
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"From the beginning of December this year to the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, it is the peak season for the sale of seedlings, and it is also the busiest time of the year." Yang Meifu said that at present, there are orders from Guangxi and Guizhou every day, but he can handmade up to 3 to 4 sets of traditional Miao women's costumes a day, and can only work overtime with his apprentices to sew.
Yang Meifu (left) puts on a new miao dress for his apprentice Yang Xuefang
JanMev is sewing a garment
It is understood that the 40-year-old Yang Meifu has been handmade Miao costumes for 20 years, and three years ago he came to Qingmao Village in Liubei District from his hometown Gongdong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County to open a Miao clothing shop to make handmade Miao clothes, which can have an income of 50,000 to 60,000 yuan a year.
Apprentice Yang Xuefang is putting on new seedling clothes for the child
Yang Xuefang put on a new miao dress
Yang Xuefang is sewing a miao garment
"With the development of the times, there are fewer and fewer handmade Miao costumes, but the market is still huge, and I want to continue to pass on the Miao culture." JanMev said.
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