Technological features of patchwork type tunic blouse in Chongwu

Chongwu is a famous town in Fujian province,and Chongwu patchwork type tunic blouse is most distinctive and representative in the east coastal areas of Hui′an county,whose structure and sewing technology contain local conditions and customs,constituting important composition of local folk culture.This article makes a research on Chongwu tunic blouse through field investigation in terms of the traditional processing process of ″swing while cutting″,including purchase of fabric,cutting,sewing,finishing and ironing.From the researchers′ viewpoint,Chongwu patchwork type tunic blouse has distinctive features,possessing the concept of ″let all things serve their proper purpose″ and favoring the aesthetics of ″ simplicity rather than complexity,natural state rather than artificial″.