| Lu Brocade is the intelligent fruit of the rural women in southwest Shandong province. It had been widely exist among the Shandong, Hebei, Henan area. Because of the feasible climate and convenient traffic condition, cotton had been planted in the southwest Shandong province since Yuan and Ming dynasty, and be provided for the spin industry of regions south of the Yangtze River. Spin technique then spread into this area and developed quickly. The unique Lu Brocade skill apeared quickly and has been reflected the astere life style and simple beauty during hundreds years. In the modern time, because of the development of the industry civilization and the society, the Lu Brocade lost its former economic and cultural base and declined just like many other cultural heritages. So the study on the spin technique of Lu Brocade can provide much experience and help us to solve the similar problems of other culture heritages. This essay is written base on the field survey. Much economic, cultural and technique information has been collected in this process. Then the history, arts and crafts, condition and future of Lu Brocade has been fully discussed, from which the fundamental cause of the change of Lu Brocade is studied. It can be helpful for the Lu Brocade's inheritance in the future.This essay can be divided into five chapters. The fist chapter illustrates the object, meaning, method, aim and history of this paper. The second chapter discusses the definition, distributing area, origin and the develop stages of the Lu Brocade. The spin procedure has been discussed in the third chapter. And the fourth chapter discusses the economic, natural, cultural background of the Lu Brocade and the art styles. Different representative stripes are also studied in this chapter. In the fifth chapter, it is recognized that the industrial development of Lu Brocade is the best way to protect it in this modern time. And also, the industrial condition has been introduced in this part. Through the SWOT analysis, the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of Lu Brocade industry have been clarified. And according to this, the essay illustrates the different responsibilities and roles of governments, enterprises, non-government institutions and individuals in the process of the industrial development of Lu Brocade. |