Traditional Technical of willow handcrafts inheritance fade away.

"No ignition, no smoking, watching TV with willow; do not go out, do not discharge, easily earn money." This is the Linyi willow craft people living comfortable portrayal only a short while ago, but now, young people feel tired, rather go out hometown for work would not engaged in willow work, Only elderly and couldn't start fighting wicker products. When the crisis hit, technical archives in this field of industry crisis exposed.

It’s normally and easy to earn 100yuan with willow handcrafts works at home. Without the sick of thinking of home and can be with family enjoy happiness time. But that’s will fade away. Because the young people think willow handcrafts technology is hard to learn and can not feed their family well so they go to big city and find other jobs to earn more money that means the old tradition willow handcrafts technology may feed away.  The willow products mainly export to Europe countries. The orders of the willow enterprises are comes from their old customers. The Europe debt crisis make the handcrafts industry suffering slumping. 

As order small so the old people just earn little from the willow handcraft.. and they do not wanna their young family members take the handcraft tech as their job. So thewillow industry are also highly effected by the deficiency of workers.

" Willow is a traditional handicraft industry, labor strength is great, as long as there is order no day and night, dull and boring." Often associated with processing households dealings with Linyi Golden Lion handicraft Limited company manager Wa Xiangdong told reporters, now dry willow master ageing, female, old, disease, residual groups became the main force. Local villagers, made, would make up less and less, after several decades, the original pure technology will be lost, which has become the common concern of many Liubian enterprises.

" Innovation + maintenance " tries to rescue

The industry is stagnant, Willow Company did not await one's doom, in the maintenance of the international market at the same time, fought in the domestic market, through product innovation and customer maintenance from save.

Linyi golden handicraft Limited company manager Wang Xiangdong said, in the year 50% under the situation of market atrophy, willow products in Europe and the United States as the necessities of life, not in the European debt crisis will not need, but to find the right manufacturers cooperation. "On a regular basis to customers of new sample photos, in production and daily life utensils, packaging materials, decorative and applied research and development products, in the knitting technology, materials, appearance on continuous innovation, reduce costs." Although the environment is not good, but the king manager have the confidence.

There are some companies try to fight in the domestic market, but the domestic market for products of cognition and consumption concept, there is a big gap with foreign market, purchasing power also differs very far. " We started last year in Cangshan county the supermarket set test point, but the supermarket a year to sell 2000 basket, this still does not support me a number of orders in Europe and america." Linyi Crafts Co. Ge manager thinks, although the domestic market exploration also need a period of time, but they will be targeted at China's different regions, different nation's traditional custom, expand the application range of consumer, willow products.

Linshu County willow factory association president Qiu Bingsheng of willow industry is full of confidence. In his view, the willow industry shock wave will last, and the whole industry is a good thing, those who do not stand up to the test of the enterprises will be eliminated, enterprises have a stronger resistance. At present, the reduced demand conditions, various Liubian enterprises can increase the added value of products, improve product profit space, and strive to the province, the country and the world famous brand product and famous brand.