《辞源》释:“唐代印花染色的方法,用二木版雕刻同样的花纹,以绢布对折,夹入二版,然后在雕空处染色,成为对称花纹,其印花所成的锦、绢等丝织物叫夹缬。”夹缬印花染色方法极其古老,其原理与扎染、蜡染相似,但是工艺更加复杂。根据历史记载,夹缬起源于秦汉,兴盛于唐代,到了宋代,这种印染工艺逐渐消失,并被专家学者认为已经灭绝。其实,这种有着上千年历史的工艺,一直在浙闽交界的苍南地区一代一代地传承着。这种堪称我国印染技术之母和中国传统印染工艺活化石,具有不可估量的学术价值和历史文化价值的民间手工技艺,被学术界冠名为“苍南蓝夹缬”。 “Ci Yuan” Release: “The method of printing dyeing in the Tang Dynasty, engraving the same pattern with two wood engravings, folding the silk cloth twice and then inserting it into the second edition, then dyeing it in the carving space to become the symmetrical pattern, Silk and other silk fabrics called folder Valerian. ”Clip Valerian printing dyeing method is extremely ancient, the principle and tie-dye, batik similar, but the process is more complicated. According to historical records, Clam originated in the Qin and Han dynasties, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, to the Song Dynasty, this printing and dyeing process gradually disappear, and was considered by experts and scholars have been extinct. In fact, this process has a history of thousands of years, has been at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian Cangnan area from generation to generation. This is called China’s mother of printing and dyeing technology and the traditional Chinese printing and dyeing process living fossil, with immeasurable academic value and historical and cultural value of folk art, was the academic title as “Cangnan blue folder Valerian.”