Digital Inheritance of Straw Weaving in Laizhou, Shandong Province

Abstract

Laizhou grass weaving is a folk handicraft in Shandong Province. Grass weaving has a long history, Laizhou grass weaving with exquisite technology, unique style, strong local characteristics and both appreciation and practical value, won the favor of domestic and foreign merchants, products sold in China and all over the world, shining a unique charm. Grass weaving is the people in the production and life, are closely related to people’s life, and then gradually developed into a fine handicraft of function and aesthetics. To some extent, it reflects the living state, national feelings and aesthetic taste of the Chinese people. However, with the development of the society, the ecological environment on which the traditional handicrafts are maintained has undergone great changes, and more and more traditional handicrafts are facing the crisis of inheritance. The development trend of the straw weaving process in Laizhou is not optimistic. In order to adapt to the situation of the new era, the straw weaving process needs to break the old rules and dare to innovate. Laizhou grass-weaving traditional handicraft is an important project in the protection of national intangible cultural heritage, reflecting the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people, and is also an indispensable precious wealth in the field of national handicraft.

Under the background of the rapid development of the society, the protection of traditional folk handicrafts has become an important subject. In recent years, great changes have taken place in various fields with the advent of the digital era, and all kinds of traditional handicrafts are facing great opportunities and challenges. Digital technology has become an important means of communication of traditional process, and at the same time, it can record and save the relevant information of various process more quickly, and timely update relevant information and data. For the innovative design research of Laizhou grass, we should pay full attention to the use of digital technology and closely combine it with modern technology, so as to better promote the protection of Laizhou grass. Based on this, this paper first expounds the current situation of Laizhou grass weaving and the difficulties facing its inheritance as well as the difficulties of digital protection and dissemination, and then explores the application of digital technology in detail, hoping to put forward the efficiency and strategy of improving the protection of intangible cultural heritage of Laizhou grass weaving through digital information equipment.