Do you like wearing colourful clothes? Today, we can get colourful clothes easily. But how about people in ancient times?
Tie-dye (扎染) is a very old way of dyeing clothes, which has a history of more than 1,000 years. During the Tang and Song periods, people gave tie-dyed clothes to the emperors as gifts. People make dyes by hand, and dyes usually come from plants.
In 2006, the tie-dye skill was added to China’s national intangible cultural heritage (国家非物质文化遗产) list. Anning city in Yunnan is known for tie-dye.
Yang Cheng, 52, is the inheritor (传承人) of tie-dye in Anning, Yunnan. He has learned the old skill of tie-dye. He learned the skill from his mother in the 1980s. And he has passed it down to his daughter.
To tie-dye, you first need to use ropes to tie your cloth together. Then you put the cloth into the dye. As the cloth is folded (折叠) and dyed, some parts become dark colours, while other parts have light colours. When you unfold the cloth, you’ll see beautiful shapes and colours.
Some might worry that machinery dyeing will take the place of tie-dye. But Yang doesn’t think so. “At the end of the day, machines can’t take the place of our creative hands,” Yang said.
51. The writer starts to introduce tie-dye by ______.
A.showing a fact | B.asking a question | C.giving an example |
52. People make dyes by hand, and they usually come from ______.
53. Yang Cheng was taught the tie-dye skill by ______.
A.his grandmother | B.his father | C.his mother |
54. What is the right order of tie-dye according to the passage?
①Put the cloth into the dye.
②Use ropes to tie the cloth together.
③Get beautiful shapes after unfolding the cloth.
④Some parts become dark, while other parts are light.
55. What can you infer from this passage?
A.Anning in Hunan is known for its dye. |
B.Tie-dyed clothes were valuable in the Song Dynasty. |
C.Machinery dyeing will replace tie-dye in the future. |