The Process of Wax-Dyeing Wax-dyeing originated from ancient "taxie", the principle of which is to make use of the dye-resistant property of beeswax or insect wax by tracing a pattern drawn on a white cloth in melted wax,and when the wax oil congeals, the cloth is soaked into the indigo vat for dyeing.
It enters the pearl blinds, it wets the silk curtains; A fur coat feels cold, a cotton mat flimsy; Bows become rigid, can hardly be drawn And the metal of armour congeals on the men; The sand-sea deepens with fathomless ice, And darkness masses its endless clouds; But we drink to our guest bound home from camp, And play him barbarian lutes, guitars, harps; Till at dusk, when the drifts are crushing our tents And our frozen red flags cannot flutter in the wind,
