What kinds of folk handicrafts are there?

Folk handicrafts are classified according to materials, including paper, cloth, bamboo, wood, stone, leather, metal, surface, mud, ceramics, grass willow, palm rattan, lacquer and other different materials made of various folk handicrafts.

According to the different production skills, folk arts can be divided into painting, sculpture, weaving, cutting, printing and dyeing, etc.

Ornamental folk artworks such as New Year paintings, paper-cutting, paper-cutting, lanterns, fan paintings, kang paintings, screens, iron paintings, brand paintings, painted clay sculptures, face sculptures, decorative ornaments, various decorative paintings, decorative pendants, etc., are often those for the purpose of aesthetics and decoration, to meet the spiritual needs of the relatively pure art artworks.

The arts in the category of appreciation, amusement and performance include all kinds of traditional folk toys, shadow puppets, puppets, kites, bamboos, windmills, including props, instruments, musical instruments, decorations used in martial arts and competitions, temple fairs and flower performances, and street floats.

In fact, there are quite a lot of handicrafts with Chinese characteristics, pottery, porcelain, bronze, Hunan embroidery are handicrafts with Chinese characteristics, others like: root book, woodblock New Year painting, ash painting, paper horse, iron painting, hot painting, egg painting, feather painting, wheat straw painting, Kang Wai painting, folk artist painting, temple mural, interior painting, color painting, lacquer painting, clay sculpture, face sculpture, sugar sculpture, sugar blowing man, sugar painting, wax sculpture, sculpture, Ou sculpture, gray sculpture, stone carving, wood carving, brick carving, bamboo carving, shell carving, bone carving, horn carving, ivory carving, egg carving, root carving, fruit skin carving, kernel carving, coal carving, porcelain carving, cork painting, miniature carving, inkstone, puppet, shadow puppet, lacquerware, materialware, jade, cloisonne, glaze, metal craft, tenon groove, portrait stone portrait brick, batik, tie-dyeing, sandwiching, blue calico, embroidery, brocade, weaving, braiding, cloth art, paper art, paper-cutting, kites, lanterns, fans, umbrellas, masks, masks, ornaments, toys and so on are also China's more distinctive traditional cultural crafts.

Folk handicrafts are:

1. Paper-cutting:

Chinese paper-cutting is a kind of folk art that uses scissors or carving knives to cut patterns on paper, which is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base, blends into the social life of people of all ethnic groups, and is an important part of various folk activities.

2. Oil paper umbrella:

As a kind of paper or cloth umbrella that originated in China, it has also spread to various parts of Asia such as North Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan and other places, and has developed oil paper umbrellas with local characteristics in various places.

3. Hand embroidery:

Hand embroidery refers to the art of adding human design and production to any existing fabric by hand with needle and thread, and is also one of the most precious species in the protection of China's intangible cultural heritage.

4. Bamboo weaving:

Traditional bamboo weaving craft has a long history, rich in the crystallization of the hard work of the Chinese people, bamboo weaving handicrafts are divided into fine silk handicrafts and coarse silk bamboo handicrafts. On June 7, 2008, bamboo weaving was approved to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

5, Song Jin:

Song Jin is one of the traditional Chinese silk handicrafts. Because its main production area is in Suzhou, it is also known as "Suzhou Song Jin". Song brocade is gorgeous in color, delicate in pattern, soft in texture, is endowed with China's "splendid crown", it is known as the four famous brocades of our country together with Nanjing Yunjin, Sichuan Shu brocade and Guangxi Zhuang brocade.

1. Woodcarving process: refers to the art and method of carving graphics on wood. Woodcarving processes include: creating woodcuts, copying woodcuts, woodcuts, etc. The woodcarving process has a long history and belongs to the traditional handicrafts.

2. Birch bark process: it is a kind of birch tree.

The unique technology of processing the skin as raw materials can be made into birch bark boats, living utensils, etc., with fine workmanship and novel shape.

3. Animal skin craft: refers to handicrafts, clothing, etc. made of animal skin.

4. Bamboo weaving:Craft: It is made of bamboo.

The handicraft of weaving various utensils from materials has a long history, and ancient people often used bamboo to weave various baskets as daily necessities. Meishan bamboo weaving belongs to the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

process technology.

5. Paper-cutting craft: It is the oldest folk art in China.

One of them has a history of 1,500 years. Using paper as the main material, cut into a variety of patterns, such as: window grilles.

Wallflowers, lights, etc.

Folk handicrafts also include lacquer craft, inkstone craft, lacquer pottery, jade craft, marble craft, paper-cutting, straw painting, New Year painting, as well as ceramics, clay sculptures, cloth art, wood, lanterns, etc., which often appear in life.

Traditional Chinese folk crafts include candy blowers, brick carving, porcelain carving, miniature carving, puppetry, shadow puppetry, paper horses, interior paintings, clay sculptures, face sculptures, sugar sculptures, embroidery, brocade, paper-cutting, kites, face masks, masks, woodblock New Year paintings, ash paintings, etc. Every exquisite handicraft, every handicraft is unique, showing the wisdom and skill of folk craftsmen, telling moving stories and legends.

Folk handicrafts generally refer to the creation, production, use and appreciation of working people in order to meet the needs of life and aesthetic requirements. In European and American countries, folk handicrafts are called peasant handicrafts. With the development of commodity economy, folk handicrafts have entered the field of commodity circulation and are sold to domestic and foreign markets.

Features of folk handicrafts.

1. Focus on practicality, pay attention to function, and perfectly combine function and aesthetic requirements.

2. Folk handicrafts express the wishes, thoughts and feelings of the working people for a better and happy life, and reflect the living customs of the people.

3. Most of them are based on local materials, using local abundant resources, using simple tools, and mainly manual labor. Natural materials such as soil, wheat straw, bamboo, cotton thread, wood, corn husk and so on can be used as raw materials, and the products have rough, thick and simple artistic characteristics.

Folk handicrafts include: woodcarving craft, birch bark craft, animal skin craft, bamboo weaving craft, paper-cutting craft.

1. Woodcarving process. Refers to the art and method of carving figures on wood. Woodcarving processes include: creating woodcuts, copying woodcuts, woodcuts, etc. The woodcarving process has a long history and belongs to the traditional handicrafts.

2. Birch bark process. It is a unique technology that uses birch bark as raw material to process, which can be made into birch bark boats, living use, etc., with fine workmanship and novel shape.

3. Leather technology. It refers to handicrafts, clothing, and so on made from animal skins.

4. Bamboo weaving process. It is a handicraft that uses bamboo as a material to weave various utensils, and has a long history, and ancient people often used bamboo to weave various baskets as daily necessities. Meishan bamboo weaving belongs to the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage technology.

5. Paper-cutting process. It is one of the oldest folk arts in China, with a history of 1,500 years. Paper is used as the main material and cut into a variety of patterns.

Classification method of handicrafts:

1. Starting from the use function, folk handicrafts can be divided into appreciation, practicality, religion and sacrifice. Appreciation is a folk handicraft that is placed on the desk, pasted on the wall or hung indoors for people to enjoy; Practical are folk handicrafts that have use value in life; Religion and sacrifice have colored statues of gods and Buddhas, paper chariots and horses.

2. Starting from social life, folk handicrafts can be divided into practical, festive, narrative and lyrical. practical categories such as clothing, printing and dyeing, pottery, brick carving and architectural decoration; Festivals and festive categories such as woodblock New Year paintings, paper-cutting, colored sculptures, face sculptures, wood carvings, pastry molds, lanterns, puppet head carving, etc.; Narrative and lyrical categories such as embroidered balls, embroidered purses, embroidered clothing, shoes and hats, etc., are used as love tokens or wedding souvenirs.

Traditional handicrafts refer to handmade products with local characteristics, historical and cultural accumulation and national characteristics, which carry certain historical, cultural and artistic values. Here is a brief introduction to some of the traditional crafts:

1.Chinese knots: Chinese knots are traditional Chinese hand-woven crafts with a variety of knots and forms, and are often used for decoration and gift-giving. The delicacy and wisdom it displays are one of the aspects of ancient Chinese civilization.

2.Ceramics: China's ceramic craft has a long history, with unique production processes and artistic styles, such as Jingdezhen porcelain, Ruyao pottery, etc.

3.Embroidery: Embroidery is one of the traditional Chinese handicrafts, with a long history and rich cultural connotations, such as Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery, etc. Embroidery also enjoys a high reputation abroad, and in the eyes of foreigners, embroidery is one of the representatives of Chinese culture and art.

4.Seal carving: Seal carving is a traditional Chinese writing art, with a unique calligraphy style and cultural connotation, such as seals, calligraphy works, etc.

5.Paper carving: Paper carving is a traditional Chinese handicraft, which makes paper into various shapes by cutting, carving, folding, etc., such as paper-cutting, sculpture, etc.

6.Wood carving: Wood carving is a traditional Chinese handicraft that is carved into various shapes by carving wood, such as wood carving vessels, wood carving screens, etc.

7.Stone carving: Stone carving is a traditional Chinese handicraft that is carved into various shapes, such as stone statues, stone screens, etc.

In short, traditional handicrafts are an important part of Chinese culture, they carry the value of history, culture and art, and continue to inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation.

Folk arts and crafts: Practical and concise, according to aptitude: most of the folk art works are practical items in people's daily life, festival activities or sacrificial activities, with a strong decorative nature, and the use of great elimination and bold trade-offs, exaggerated and refined techniques in the modeling, forming unique characteristics.

The materials used in folk art works are very ordinary, and they are very free in terms of manufacturing techniques, and they are often adapted to their aptitude. The authors of folk art are the working people, who spontaneously follow their own intuition and tastes in addition to production and labor, and play freely with their imagination, so their works have a strong local flavor, simple and generous.

Warm exaggeration, symbolism: due to the practical requirements, most of the folk art has a strong mood, exaggerated shapes, contrasting tones, showing a strong decorative taste. Due to the domination of folk traditions, most of the folk art has profound meanings and symbols.