Chinese Wax Printing is another name is Batik Art.Wax printing, which is known as the first printing in the East, is the most ancient handicraft in China.
Wax-printing is traditional folk art here and has a history of over 2000 years in China. Wax printing products processed by hand in the waxprinting faxtories in Anshun are popular and sold both at home and abroad.More than two thousand years ago, in Qin and Han Dynasties, China began to print pictures on the cloth and dye it later. When the wax was removed, the pictures could be seen. In the Tang Dynasty, products of wax printing were exported to Europe and Asia. Later, with the further development of the economy in the Central China, new industry gradually took the place of hand-made operation.
Guizhou is famous for its Batik Art in China as well as over the world, the colorful costumes of the ethnic groups demonstrate not only exquisite embroidery but also batik in terms of workmanship and patterns, with excellent wax-printing skills.Such skill is still fashioable in Guizhou which abounds in beewax and indigo. The local Buyi and Miao women have excellent wax-printing skills and begin studying the art as children. they draw simple but elegant picture on cloth with wax knives.
