Floating life for half a day, in the warm sun in winter, he met with several friends and came to Suixi Stone Street.
Between the flow of eyes and the whirling of the circle, I came across a dyeing valerian four seasons studio with a strong ancient atmosphere, which is said to be opened by a post-90s little beauty. The story behind this makes us even more curious and can't help but stop.
Before meeting the three main houses of the blue tile red door, the distinctive words on the door number "Dye Valerian Four Seasons Studio" came into view, and there was another word I did not recognize.
Check the mobile phone dictionary to know that this word is pronounced xie, pronounced the second tone. Books say: patterned textiles. Chinese culture is really broad and profound!
Come, come with us and the beautiful and smiling little beauties of the post-90s stone slab street, and feel the ancient style and ancient charm of the dyeing and valerian culture together!
Little Beauty Shopkeeper of Slate Street
A variety of handmade batik products
Two square tables at the entrance, filled with needle and thread balls and semi-finished products, as well as prepared hair cards. The colors are white and blue, different shades, and each one is unique. Because they are all hand-dyed by hand by the owner himself... They are all quietly waiting for their masters to take them away...
Ancient Chinese wax valerian began in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. This dyeing method requires the pattern to be drawn on the cloth with liquid wax, and then removed from the wax after dyeing.
The anti-dyeing agent of wax valerian is yellow wax (i.e., beeswax), which is the secretion of the wax glands in the abdomen of bees, which is insoluble in water, but can melt when heated. The dye used is the bluegrass abundant in Guizhou, and the bluegrass leaves are fermented in the pit to become blue indigo, which can be used for dyeing.
According to the beauty shopkeeper: this ancient dyeing is also divided into tie-dye, batik, clip dye, paste dye... It can be described as a variety of genres and many genres, all of which are the precious heritage of ancient Chinese culture.
Occasionally looking up, three pairs of long dyed cloths of white and blue hanging on the beam head, illuminated by fluorescent lamps, are intertwined, and the ancient wind and atmosphere are coming...
On the north wall hangs various styles of clothes, including sweaters, sweatshirts, and semi-coats of the four seasons. The color of each garment is also white and blue, all are handmade DlY, all plant-hand dyed, only pure cotton clothing is colored.
Each dress is a work of art, whether it is drinking tea and visiting friends, or a large-scale event performance, after wearing it, it is full of differences, and the handmade customization is not similar, enjoying the exclusive attention of everyone.
The northwest corner is hung with hand-customized silver jewelry, all 925 silver needles handmade customization, all kinds of hairpins, brooches, silk scarves, makeup mirrors, tea gaskets, key chains, one by one shimmering with mysterious light... It is said that wearing silver jewelry is quite good for the body, wow, really love love.
All kinds of handmade products
On the west wall, there are hand-dyed cotton canvas shoes and blue and white porcelain cheongsam shoes, each with its own beauty, each with its own beauty, just because every object here is a work of art.
Did you know? Every item here comes from the hand of a post-90s little beauty. The process of dyeing, painting and coloring by hand is all done by herself.
She is a native of Shiban Street, Suixi, who gave up a stable job and devoted herself to excavating the beauty of this national intangible cultural heritage with her own dreams.
Feel the beauty of ancient style
She told us about the history of Shiban Street, the reconstruction of Jiudaowan is still in progress, I believe that in the near future, a more ancient, more beautiful, more prosperous Suixi Shiban Street will be displayed in front of the eyes of the people in northern Anhui.
Bring your own work to the exhibition
I sincerely hope that more people can come to Suixi Stone Slab Street and see her unique and simple style, bluestone street surface, eight laneways, shops and workshops, courtyard residences, will definitely bring you a different feeling.
Thousand years of ancient charm, a hundred years of stone slab street!
Welcome to Huaibei!
Text author: Qi Qing; video, picture: courtesy of the beauty shopkeeper, to the photographer