中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第125期:蠟染過程
The Process of Wax-Dyeing
蠟染過程Wax-dyeing originated from ancient "taxie", the principle of which is to make use of the dye-resistant property of beeswax or insect wax by tracing a pattern drawn on a white cloth in melted wax,and when the wax oil congeals, the cloth is soaked into the indigo vat for dyeing. What the cloth is property dyed,the cloth is taken out for drying so that the dye will permeate into the fibre. Finally the cloth is put into water and boiled until the wax is melted and removed from the cloth. Then the wax-dyed cloth is ready. As the wax is easily broken,the cloth is left with irregular cracks of color in the process of dyeing (commonly called ice cracks), creating a unique decorative effect. Wax-dyeing falls into two types: mono-colordyeing and double¬dyeing. In some areas,four to five colors are dyed by means of process printing, with the colors natural and diversified.
蠟染起源於古代的“竊”，其原理是通過跟蹤繪製白色的布蠟融化的模式，以利用蜂蠟或蟲蠟的防染性，而當蠟油凝固時，布浸透到藍靛染缸裏染色。布是屬性染色，布被取出進行乾燥，以使染料滲透到纖維中。最後布被放入水中，煮沸，直到蠟熔化並從布中除去。然後，布蠟染色準備就緒。因爲蠟容易破裂，布被留下顏色的染色（通常稱爲冰裂紋）過程中不規則，創造獨特的裝飾效果。蠟印染分爲兩類：單色染色和多色染色。在一些地區，四至五種顏色同時染色，色彩自然和多樣化。
