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Straw Patchwork Picture - Orchid & Butterfly |
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UB-009 |
Miraculous Creation---Straw Patchwork Picture with 3000 Years History ---orchid & butterfly
Features:
* Material: Natural straw
* Craftmanship: Completely made by hand
* Vivid color, lively pattern, with natural shining lustre of straw
* With or without frame, up to buyers' preference
* Different size available
* The actual product is much more beautiful than picture due to low camera quality and photography skill
* Packing: Cartons
# Knowledge about straw patchwork
* Straw Patchwork Picture was started from Zhou Dynasty of China (about 3000 years ago), it is a folk artwork created by Chinese farmer in the long-term living and laboring.
* It is said that, in the Eastern Han Dynasty (about 2000 years ago), the emperor Liu Xiu was chased by insurrectionary Wang Mang, he had no way to escape and had to hide in wheatland, the wheat became clumpy tree and protected Liu Xiu. Therefore, Liu Xiu thought wheat was a lucky mascot, and ordered the folk craftsman to create wheat straw patchwork picture which was suitable for the decoration of palace, to submit to the Royalty.
* However, this art was lost in Shui Dynasty (about 1500 years ago ) due to frequent wars, and only been discovered out till the grave-dig of Emperor Qihuan (about 2200 years ago ), this great Chinese art treasure appear again. The Chinese artists pay great attention on this discovery, the straw patchwork picture becomes more and more fabulously beautiful through the hard research & study and creative development of many folk artists in years.
* Straw Patchwork PicturehHas been listed in the album of "Chinese Great Arts and Craft", and reported by CCTV many times as the surprising & creative folk crafts of China.
* The straw patchwork picture is made by choosing the high quality straw, utilizing its nature golden shine, through dozens of art processing procedure like polishing, bleaching, fumigating, steaming, ironing, cutting, stitching, etc. The birds, fish, flowers, animals, people, scenery made by straw is so vivid, its just like the living creatures. The straw picture is popularly loved by artists and consumers with its unique & creative material, vivid color, shining luster, lovely pattern, and is presented to foreign nation leader by Chinese provincial & national leader as a gift, to display the amazing wisdom and art creation ability of Chinese people.
* Through the dig and creation of artists, the straw patchwork picture now has hundreds of patterns, including landscape, people, flowers & birds, animals, Chinese characters and history famous painting etc. It not only can be used for the decoration of hotel, restaurant, home, office, but also an elegant art treasure for art collectors and a unique gift to present to families, friends, classmates etc.
* The straw patchwork picture is already exported to Japan, Korea, and American, Europe, South-east China, Hongkong market, the whole world is in passion of straw patchwork picture, the ancient folk art treasure of China is emitting its dazzling shine in the world modern art palace.
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