Appreciate the traditional leather-making craft in the ancient city of Fez

The Chouara Tannery in the ancient city of Fez, Morocco, is the most famous leather workshop in the city. As the most representative leather-making center in Morocco, it attracts travelers and art lovers from all over the world. This ancient tannery showcases Morocco's long-standing leather craft tradition, not only exuding a strong historical atmosphere, but also taking people into a magical and fascinating world of leather. Here, the traditional leather craft is passed down from generation to generation by skilled craftsmen, preserving hundreds of years of history and techniques. The traditional manufacturing process has been continued for thousands of years and has hardly been changed by modernization. It is very worth visiting just for its tradition. Stepping into the Chouara Tannery, you are greeted by dazzling colored leather, neatly arranged and sun-dried, like a brilliant and colorful scroll. Viewers can experience the entire process of making leather. In addition to watching the production process, the Chouara Tannery also offers a series of handmade leather goods for tourists to choose from. From gorgeous saddlery to exquisite bags, from traditional Moroccan shoes to finely carved leather relics, it is also a good place to choose souvenirs.

Fes has to watch the world's second-largest Tannery~~ (the world's first in India, the world's third in Turkey) visitors can't go to the leather dyeing house to visit, can only see workers from the roof of the surrounding stores They dip the leather process. Under the leadership of the local brother, we walked into a leather workshop. He specially grabbed a mint leaf for everyone to ease the pungent smell of "smelly egg", and then began to climb the stairs. Let us explain the process of leather production.

Fez, the birthplace of Moroccan handmade art, is famous for its leather production. The hand-made craftsmanship, the dyeing raw materials are pure natural, and the colorful dyeing tanks are like a complete drawing board. It would be a pity if you don't go to the leather workshop. Fes used to be divided according to different industries, so the tannery dyeing workshops also gathered in one place, through the labyrinth of twists and turns, when the more and more pungent smell came, the handmade leather workshop also almost there. The boss will send a mint leaf to each person, so that everyone can put it in front of the nose to reduce the odor of the leather, otherwise it is difficult to breathe. Fist Now, the Fiss dye house still uses the ancient method of dyeing - in order to make the leather present the color of natural plants, retaining the traditional hand-made leather and natural drying. Soak in lime water and soften the skin. The leather is then placed in a dyeing tank and dyed with pure natural materials such as plants and ore. After repeated treading and washing and drying, it takes several months to complete a bright color leather.

National Leather's leather dyeing tank is a popular attraction in Fes. If you want to see this attraction, you need to go through the leather shop to the top floor terrace. There is no charge for the leather shop. You will need to visit the store at that time. Go shopping, take time to listen to them selling their handmade carpets, its really nice to see, and people with a uniform style of home decoration can take a back home. From the top floor, you can see hundreds of thousands of large stone sarcophagi distributed in the middle of high-rise residential areas, some of which have been cleaned and empty, only a small part is still working, and the increasingly developed printing and dyeing technology Sooner or later, this manual operation will be replaced. It is a pity that if this skill disappears one day. Colorful dyes are natural colors. Pigeon dung, cow urine and animal fat are mixed together to heat the leather. Workers put the leather in the dyeing tank or take it out of the dyeing tank. How can we endure this smell, the smell of the leather shop is a bit big, the boss handed me a mint branch, and the smell of the mint branch will be much weaker. standing on the top floor, looking at the bright daylight, the old city is so real in the sun, the minaret in the distance is ringing in prayer, echoing in the ancient city, long and meaningful. like this exotic country, this is the taste of travel.

Wandering in the narrow alleys of Fez fans, the bright-eyed children ran around like ghosts, pulling you to say big dye tanks, I took you to see the big dye tank. When you hesitate, they are missing, and they are busy leading the way for many tourists to earn tips. Dyeing tank is the most famous leather dyeing house in Fez. It is the only place in the world that still retains the ancient method of artificial dyeing leather. Looking for a pungent smell, passing through the intensive leather goods, taking the deodorant mint stuffed by the boss into the hand, climbing the narrow steps, and hundreds of stone dyeing cylinders are densely arranged like a honeycomb. All the skin here should be soaked and softened with the animal's feces and urine. After that, the workers will jump into the dyeing tank and massage the skin in the septic tank for more than three hours to make it soft and easy to color. It is very hard work. The fuel used for skin coloring is pure natural. Red comes from poppy, blue comes from indigo, orange is henna, green is mint, yellow is saffron, brown is fir... everything in front of it is stinky and dirty, / Hh/ can be strange old, cute and charming.

The ancient city of Fes, Morocco is famous enough. The leather dyeing houses may be more famous. The most color attraction in the ancient city of Fes is the leather dyeing house. One of the reasons for the famous reputation of the dyeing house is a "smelly" word. In the winding labyrinth of the alleys, you can find the big dyeing house by following the smell. It is said that Fez is one of the few places in the world that still maintains traditional dyeing methods. The locals send the leather with tweezers and put them in a grid of dyed tanks, retaining the ancient methods of traditional simmering and drying, allowing natural The color of the plant is beautifully presented on the leather. Fes' leather products are renowned in North Africa, thanks to the fact that each process is still strictly in accordance with this traditional process.