Blue printed cloth is a traditional Chinese printing and dyeing technique. 
Dongming's blue printed cloth folk art, a traditional hand-dyeing technique, 
dates back hundreds of years. It is a provincial intangible cultural heritage 
of Shandong Province.

Creating Dongming's blue printed cloth involves a very complicated production 
process, including pattern making, anti-dyeing production, and the printing and 
dyeing processes. In finished works, white designs are clearly visible on the 
distinctive blue background. The designs are generally flowers, birds, insects 
and animals, which all have auspicious meanings. These patterns are exquisite 
in shape, rich in form, propitious in meaning, and unique in style. Patterns 
such as phoenix and peony, unicorn sending children (fertility), and festivity 
and abundance are all expressions of simplicity, elegance, freshness and 
peaceful beauty.

Chen Xusheng, the current inheritor of blue printed cloth in Dongming County, 
has recently developed and produced a series of new products using blue printed 
cloth as the raw material after improving the platemaking for blue printed 
cloth printing and dyeing processes. His products are widely welcomed in 
Chinese and overseas markets. 

Source: Information Office of Dongming County People's Government

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