Ningbo is famous for its straw weaving handicrafts. In 1925, the French merchant Yongxing Foreign Firm learned that women in eastern Zhejiang were ingenious and good at weaving straw hats, so it bought silk grass from the Philippines and sent it to women in the western suburbs of Ningbo and Cixi Changhe to knit straw hats. Sure enough, the woven straw hat is as light as clouds and as bright as snow, which is very suitable for the international market. So domestic businessmen and foreign businessmen compete for distribution and export in large quantities. After liberation, a straw hat processing factory was established in Changhe Township, Cixi, the "township of leather weaving". In 1954, it was renamed as Cixi Golden Silk Straw Hat Factory. Most of them organized household sidelines to do extra work. About 70000 people nearby were engaged in straw hat weaving all year round. In Yinxian County and the suburbs of Ningbo City, many women also weave straw hats with gold thread as a household sideline. Ningbo is rich in straw weaving resources, including mat grass, straw, salt grass, cattail grass, Chinese alpine rush, corn husk, etc. The local people have always had traditional weaving skills. Besides weeding hats, they also weave straw baskets, bags, straw fans, straw slippers, straw tea mats, and various patterns. Ningbo