Batik is a traditional Chinese folk art which combines painting and dyeing. it is made by dipping a special knife into melted wax and paining various patterns on pieces of white cloth.

蜡染是中国传统民间艺术，它综合了绘画和染色工艺。蜡染的主要方法是用蜡刀蘸蜡液，在白布上描绘图案。

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While selling batik, she puts the extra cloth on her head.

小贩叫卖蜡染布时，把其余的布料顶在头上。

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Unlike many others who had focused on agriculture when they studied peasants, Dunham saw the peasant industries as a survival strategy where generalists could move from plowing to making bricks or repairing bicycles, weeding or making batik cloth or running a roadside stall as demand shifted.

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