The Research On Dong Minority Textile Arts In Guizhou Province

With the development of society, particularly under the "globalization" trend of the rapid advance against the backdrop of Special modernization, industrialization and urbanization process has been significantly accelerated. Volatility of the entire social fabric in the shape of the transition period, in the highly commercialized modern society, derived from agriculture, the traditional culture of civilization, presented quietly lost state.Dong Textile skill is investigated in this research. It is found that the family from generation to generation has the character of unit-based small-scale production. There were great differences between household varies in the skill level. As a traditional technology applied in modern, highly rational and scientific representatives of industrial civilization, standardized, mass production by large machines of the industrial society, it is inevitable to face with renewed momentum for deconstruction.It has been listed as the key research topic that the Dong Textile skill exists and reserves. It has been proposed to respect and treasure the local culture and external culture. It is also important to investigate the culture, to trace the history and to study the actuality related to Dong Nation. The transformation of the original ecological environment is critical for this research. It will be great helpful to inherit the culture of Dong nation. The condition and development of Dong Textile skill is thoroughly discussed and analyzed to found the balanced points inherit and development.The development of Dong Nation clothing in Guizhou is also investigated. It has been found that the fibers used for clothing ranged from natural materials to man-made materials. Chemical fibers had been applied in clothing at that time. The methods of fabric formation included hand weaving, hand spinning and hand drawing. The dyestuffs included color clay, mineral dyes and plant dyes. The modern printing and dyeing technology is applied in Dong Textile and Clothing now. It can be concluded that the materials of Dong clothing occupy a particular position in the procedure of the inheritance and development of the Dong Textile techniques in Guizhou.