Modern Situation of Chinese Textile Industry
1 min readModern Situation of Chinese Textile Industry
In today’s reforming and opening China，while many mass production enterprises are the principal force in textile industry，traditional folk textile still has its share in the market.Along with the rise of people’s living standard，folk textile asa practical and aesthetic handiwork has nevertheless won people’s favor.
Traditional spinning and weaving techniques and ancient looms are still playing their role in vast areas in the country.For example，the rural women in the southwest part of Shandong Province are still making a cotton fabric that enjoys a good reputation as “Luxinan brocade”，while the rural women in Mount Yimeng area’s handmade printed cotton fabrics are also well liked in the world market.Traditional folk textiles as such enter into the lives of various nationalities carrying with them the strong cultural flavor and also bearing evidence of Chinese women’s diligence and intelligence.
The Use and Future of Chinese Embroidery
Today Chinese embroidery handicraft has not only come into the ordinary people’s but also entered the world stage.Embroidery can be found on anything from garments，shoes，hats，tobacco pouches，bedsheet and pillowcases，embroidered portraits of gods，stage costumes，to household screens，hangings，calligraphy and paintings.With the constant emergence of new technology，Chinese embroidery as a traditional handiwork is displaying its boundless vitality in the present-day world.
