扎染是一种我国古老的手工艺品,古称绞缬。“以丝缚缯染之,解丝成纹曰缬也”。《一切经音义》中曾这样解释了这工艺的全过程,也概括了扎和染的艺术。扎染早在遥远的丝绸之路上留下许多珍贵的遗迹,从古长安到西域边陲,我们从出土文物中可以看到西凉时期的最早期的扎染丝绡;看到盛唐时最华美的宫廷扎染服饰;也可看到唐以后扎染从宫廷向民间演变的过程。南通扎染的发展,是先从民间乡村染坊中染蓝花老布开始的。随着社会的进步及对外贸易的发 Tie-dyed is one of China’s ancient handicrafts, ancient name twist twist Valerian. “To tie tie 缯 stained, unwound warp also said Valerian ”. The whole process of this process has been explained in All Sutra, which also summarizes the art of sticking and dyeing. Dyeing and dyeing left many precious relics on the distant Silk Road. From the ancient Chang’an to the western border, we can see the earliest tie-dye silkworms in the Xiliang Period from the unearthed artifacts. When we see the most beautiful The palace tie dyed costumes; Tang can also see the tie dyed from court to civil evolution. Nantong tie-dye development, is the first folk village dyeing workshop in the beginning of blue cloth. With the social progress and the development of foreign trade