Study on Myth of the Dying and Weaving in Yangtze River Delta Area

Abstract

The Legend of textile material in the Yangtze River Delta is very rich, almost every place. Through the collection, collation, analysis of these myths and legends about dyeing and weaving, it can roughly be divided into three categories: The Legend of the origin of the dyeing industry, the legend of karma in the textile industry, the love stories of legend in dyeing and weaving industry. These myths and legends are important materials for the researchers of the Yangtze River Delta region culture of traditional weaving, through the analysis and study, we think, myths and legends, on the one hand reflected the dyeing and weaving craftsmen’ own social area was low, on the other hand reflected the people’s yearning for a better life and the reality of the helpless.