Study On The Development History And Protection Of Contemporary Tie-dye In Nantong

Tie-dye is one of the traditional manual printing and dyeing techniques in our country. Tie-dye has a long history and culture in our country. Known from historical records, as early as the Qin and Han dynasty, China had already mastered dyeing technology, and the popularization and use were also very extensive. Sui and Tang dynasty, with the progress of technology and production of silk goods, it brought the whole development and prosperity of printing and dyeing industry. Of course it also brought tie-dye mature. In Song dynasty, because of the expensive cost and elegant silk products, the cost of manpower was beyond imagination, therefore it was forbidden by the court.Fortunately, the spread of folk information was not over. And the rural areas remained the traditional dyeing skill. Until the modern society, Yunnan, Sichuan, Jiangsu Nantong and so on were still visible, and gradually formed distinctive ethnic features and regional style. After the reform and opening-up policy, because of the needs of the Japanese duds processing, its tie-dyed fabrics import channel moved to China. Nantong tie-dye grasped this opportunity, and regarded it as the local characteristic for the development and utilization of cultural heritage protection and inheritance. Then Nantong successfully realized the tie-dye process of the revitalization of the road to prosperity of resurrection. The development of tie-dye in Nantong had its own particularity. It opened up a new process of inheritance pattern. It was representative in coastal region. So the research on its protection was very necessary.This thesis mainly used tie-dye in Nantong as the research object. Under the background of historical development of Nantong, it summarized the development course, and analyzed its skill and the evolution of the dyeing craft, as well as the transformation of traditional to modern. According to the status quo, advantages and disadvantages of tie-dyed in Nantong, it consider the necessity of the protection and inheritance, and the corresponding measures. Then compared with the tie-dye in Yunnan and Japan, it can highlight the characteristics of tie-dye in Nantong. Finally, with the theory of non-material cultural heritage, it promote the traditional culture and traditional arts and crafts into modern life, coordination of various forces to promote the protection and inheritance of tie-dye.When protecting tie-dye techniques, in addition to the coordination of government, inheritor and scientific research institutions, such as mass strength, it needs the protection of massive power. More important is that expanding tie-dye market through its deep cultural connotation by industrialization. It needs cultivating ideas in dyeing and product development. Let more ordinary people involved in it, contributing our own strength for the protection and inheritance of traditional craftsmanship.