Brief information on Batik Museum  

Batik is the unique hand-made arts and crafts of the Chinese ethnic minorities of Miao, Buyi and Yao. It is so named because it comes from wax painting and dyeing, which is a traditional folk handicraft art with a history of more than 1000 years. The feature of batik is simple and plain, graceful and tasteful, and full of life. Its process flow includes three steps. Firstly, cover the part that will be left undyed with wax in the calico, and then dye the rest, finally removing the wax by boiling the calico. A beautiful pattern would then be formed.

The precursor of Guizhou Batik Museum is the “Guizhou Batik Cultural Exhibition”, housed in the Anshun Confucian Temple, an important preserved cultural relic in Guizhou Province. The museum has a total of three exhibition halls with a collection of 304 pieces. Most of the collections cover living goods to art works.

*You can download the bilingual note to show it to a taxi driver or someone else to find your way to Batik Museum if you plan to visit Batik Museum and have language problems.

   

Location: Hongxue Ba, Anshun