The Batik Of Buyi Nationality

This essay, which takes the documentary movie The Batik of Buyi Nationality as object, shows the process of shooting and making of the movie and the author’s thoughts. The historic Buyi batik craft as an old culture bears a rich cultural significance, and is a typical representative of Buyi culture. Shitouzhai is a well-known village for Buyi batik craft. The traditional batik craftsmen, represented by Mrs. Wei, insist in passing on traditional batik craft wholly, including details and forms. The innovative gang represented by Mrs. Wu innovatively improves colors and applications of batik products on the basis of tradition so as to adapt the demands in merchandise market. These two attitudes are different, yet imperceptibly create more possibilities for the development of batik.On the basis of displaying the craftsmanship of Buyi batik, this movie tries to explore the relations between batik and Buyi Nationality and their life, and to show the insisting and innovativeattitude in the inheritance of batik craftsmanship. Thereby, more people get to know Buyi Nationality and Buyi batik craftsmanship so that the batik will get better protection and inheritance.