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你七歲的時候在做什麼?
七歲的賴秋妹,在媽媽身邊開始了她至今沒有停歇的藺編之路。
在苗栗苑裡,因為藺編,很多女童、少女用巧手幫家裡賺錢,婚後靠此撐起家庭經濟,直到老年,成了藺編產業裡身懷絕技的工藝師。
藺編在苑裡的歷史已有百年,日治時期外銷興盛,佔臺灣農產品出口的第三位,僅次於糖和稻米,它曾是養活無數家庭的重要經濟支柱。藺編業在1980年代後慢慢萎縮,幸有台灣藺草學會努力復振工藝並成功行銷國內外,讓藺編織品重獲重視,也讓工藝師重拾技藝、得以傳承。
賴秋妹女士編織藺草超過七十年,見證苑裡藺草產業歷程。
What were you doing when you were seven years old?
At the age of seven, Chiu-Mei Lai began her never-ending journey of bulrush weaving by her mother's side.
In Yuanli Township, Miaoli County, because of bulrush weaving, many girls and young women used their skilled hands to earn money for their families. After marriage, they relied on this to support their family's economy until they became skilled craftsmen in the bulrush weaving industry in their old age.
Bulrush weaving has a history of hundreds of years in Yuanli Township. During the Japanese occupation, exports flourished, accounting for the third largest export of Taiwan's agricultural products, only after sugar and rice. It was once an important economic pillar that supported countless families. The bulrush weaving industry gradually declined after the 1980s, but fortunately, the Taiwan Yuan Li Handiwork Association worked hard to revive the craft and successfully marketed it at home and abroad, allowing bulrush woven products to be revalued and craftsmen to regain their skills and pass them on.
Chiu-Mei Lai has been weaving bulrush for over seventy years, witnessing the history of the bulrush industry in Yuanli Township.