Tibet Women Weave A Happy Life With Seven Colors "State Code"

In a small Tibetan style building in Jed Town, Gongga County, Tibet, women are working out the "state code" (Tibetan apron) manually. A beautiful seven colored apron is like a work of art woven under the dexterous hand of a woman.

Here is the Jade Xiu Gesang apron, a 51 year old Tibetan woman founded by GA GA, a professional cooperative of farmers and herdsmen. It is understood that "bang Dian" is meant to be a woolen apron, the ornament of the Tibetan women's waist, and its gorgeous colors. In Jed Town, more than 90% of families will be weaving "state code", a tradition that has been going on for millennia.

GA RI's father used to be a knitting master in the village. He was deeply affected by his childhood. In the past, GA was weaving the "state code" to make up for the family. After 2002, weaving gradually entered the stage of large-scale production, and the processing plants sprung up after the rain. GA began to knit "bang Dian" at home, and hired 6 people to help.

GA said: "at the beginning, there was no savings at all, and only ten thousand yuan in the East." By chance, she realized that the small loans guaranteed by the Agricultural Bank of China could solve her urgent needs, so she borrowed 30 thousand yuan to buy raw materials and knitting machines.

With this primitive fund, the Japanese professional cooperative grew from small to strong, from weak to strong. The number of workers from the beginning of several women to the current 25, the annual income of more than 700 thousand yuan, with an annual profit of nearly 100 thousand yuan, not only achieved their own poverty, but also led to changes in the lives of women around.

Gali told reporters that a pile of wool would become a multicolored state code, which needs to be twisted. dyeing Weaving and weaving. In Jed Town, every step is done by hand, and weaving alone requires a skilled female worker to spend the whole day.

Therefore, purely manual " Pang Dian "Products are still very limited. GA said that his family can only produce four thousand or five thousand "state codes" a year.

Jade, the mayor of Xiu Town, said that the cost and manual cost of a "state code" would be less than 100 yuan, the wholesale price would be 220 yuan, and that would be 260 yuan or even higher in Lhasa. Each woman weaving a "state code" can get 80 yuan manual charge, one day can be woven, one month is more than 2400 yuan. Today, weaving "state code" has become the main source of income for the people in the town.

Today, the "Pang Dian" produced by the Gali cooperative is of high quality and elegant style, not only famous in Tibet, but also exported to Japan, India, Nepal and other countries. "I have participated in many large-scale exhibitions such as Shanghai World Expo and Chengdu Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival." bang Dian "of our family is almost woven into one. GA day said.

Under the government and banks, GA loan has expanded the scale of professional cooperatives. Now, on the one hand, she has carefully trained the weaving techniques of the farmers and herdsmen, and on the other hand she has acquired the help of the "Pao Dian" produced by the retail investors. Consignment 。

Benba, 45, is a resident of Jed town. He used to spin textiles in his own home. Because of sales problems, his income was not very satisfactory. Since joining Gali's professional cooperative, she has been earning more than a year. "I now earn more than 20 thousand of my income every year, and I can usually take care of my family, which is much better than going out to work." Benba said.

GA said that Tibet's tourism is getting hotter and hotter. Many tourists buy "bang Dian" as a souvenir, and products are in short supply. To this end, she plans to expand the scale of production, invest 1 million yuan to build 3000 square meters of plant, hoping to allow more local women to participate in it.