Dazhuang silk flower production techniques

Dazhuang silk flower, a kind of headdress flower, is elegant and magnificent and was once used only to supply the Kong Family Mansion. On this basis, it gradually developed into a traditional folk handicraft.

Over time, the subject matter and artistic forms of Dazhuang silk flowers have changed. In later years, in response to market demand, wax flowers and paper flowers were produced, which made the products more diverse in form.

A Dazhuang silk flower [Photo/official WeChat account of Jining culture and tourism bureau]

A Dazhuang silk flower [Photo/official WeChat account of Jining culture and tourism bureau]

In ancient times, from the eighth to the 18th day of the 12th lunar month every year, village florists set up sheds and opened a market. Thousands of people in Dazhuang village in Qufu, now a county-level city in Jining, displayed their silk, velvet and wax flowers in stalls, and many merchants from other places also displayed their varieties of flowers in rented sheds, promoting the exchange and development of silk flowers from Dazhuang and foreign silk flowers.

With market demand, the varieties of flowers have developed paper, wax, string and plum flowers as well as the original silk and velvet.

Craftsmen make Dazhuang silk flowers. [Photo/official WeChat account of Jining culture and tourism bureau]