{"id":1457,"date":"2021-04-21T01:22:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/168.144.97.18\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:47:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:47:46","slug":"traditional-taiwanese-bamboo-weaving-technique-rim-weaving","status":"publish","type":"research_resource","link":"https:\/\/taiwan-bamboo.org\/en\/researchresources\/%e5%8f%b0%e7%81%a3%e5%82%b3%e7%b5%b1%e7%ab%b9%e7%b7%a8%e6%8a%80%e6%b3%95%ef%bc%9a%e8%bc%aa%e5%8f%a3%e7%b7%a8\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Taiwanese bamboo weaving technique: Rim-weaving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ring-mouth weaving is a technique of stacking bamboo strips at the same angle to form a circular opening. The foundation weaving surface presents a distinct circular opening, while the outward-facing side shows a multi-pointed star shape. It is a common technique used for making lanterns.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the rim-weaving technique, there are two circular holes, which is why it was mainly used for making lanterns in the history of Taiwan's bamboo industry. In addition, by adding a plain-woven or twill-woven bamboo panel with an \"under-one, over-one\" pattern at the opening, it could be made into trays, which were once high-priced export goods. In modern times, rim-weaving has also begun to be applied to wrap pottery and glass bottles to enhance aesthetic appeal, particularly using smoked Makino bamboo, which has a deeper color, to bring out the beauty of the vessels.<\/p>\n

According to the bamboo craftsmanship transmission difficulty survey, single-rim weaving is a bamboo weaving technique with a difficulty score of 2 (out of a total of 5 points), while double-rim weaving scores 4 points.<\/span>The rim-weaving technique is further divided into the \"press-four-under-one\" technique local to Tainan's Guanhai and Longqi, and the \"press-five-under-two\" technique of Nantou's Zhushan, with the latter being more complex.<\/span>The key to the rim-weaving technique is to make the rim appear as a perfect circle. You can check whether the bamboo strips are misaligned by looking at the four-corner grid within the radial structure of the rim weave, and then correct it by adjusting the bamboo strips.<\/span>In the Guanmiao and Longqi districts of Tainan City, the method emphasizes the right hand, weaving in a counterclockwise direction using an \"over-four, under-one\" pattern. \"Over-four, under-one\" means that each bamboo strip, when inserted into the weaving surface, passes over four bamboo strips as it counts forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Crochet in the round starting with a magic ring.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

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Bamboo Yue Workshop \/ Bamboo Ring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

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Essential Studio \/ Bamboo Glass Vase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

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Shanjie Bamboo Craft \/ Double-Layer Lampshade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar with bamboo weaving, the rim-woven lantern is easily mistaken for the pentagon-woven ball. The way to tell them apart is to look at whether the openings radiate outward; if they are radial, it is rim-woven, and if they form pentagonal grids, it is pentagon-woven.<\/p>\n

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KYOU \/ Bamboo woven keychain (Pentagonal weave)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

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