What are some of the traditional Chinese crafts that are slowly disappearing?

Many traditional crafts are disappearing, such as embroidery, making handmade lanterns, making benches and bookshelves, and so on.

When my mother was young, when they got married, they were proud of being able to show off beautiful curtains, **, and pillowcases. Those lifelike flowers, birds, fish and insects can jump out under one needle and thread after another. What a beautiful work of art.

At that time, most girls, whether they were beautiful or small jasper, would embroider. Different parts of the country have different styles, and the principles are much the same. Guangdong has Guangdong embroidery, Sichuan has Shu embroidery, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have Suzhou embroidery, etc., but now the people who will shuttle seriously with a needle and a thread are also those gray-haired people.

Without the Youth Club, there will be no inheritance, and it will be lost.

Li Yuchun seems to have a song that sings Shu embroidery, but she can only sing. There are few people in the people who can do this kind of work for a long time. In the promotional video of Beijing's Olympic bid, we also introduced a lot of this culture and art to foreigners.

However, it was only then, and now there are basically no young children, and it will be lost in a generation.

There are also handmade lanterns, and in the small place where I live, there is only one family left to do this work. He is doing it as a family, but how can they resist the torrent of the times. Sooner or later, they will be eliminated by society.

Because the impact of industrialization on this traditional craft is too great, why spend so many expensive people to do things that can be done in a few minutes by a machine? This is the contradiction of the whole era.

Also, our parents, when they were young, they always made their own stools, big beds, and wardrobes. Because commercialization was not so developed before, it was faster to make it yourself than to buy it, so many men had this craft. Now, you won't find anyone like that in the crowd anymore, not a single PhD student.

Chinese culture is vast and profound, thousands of years of ancestors have created countless things, many crafts have disappeared to this day, and many are disappearing, while we talk about protecting intangible cultural heritage, but at the same time forget the traditional crafts around us.

With the development of the times, some crafts have become outdated and are no longer suitable for development, but we still have to regard it as a kind of inheritance and cannot forget. <>

There are already a lot of crafts left only a few dozen or even a few heirs, such as dragon boat rap, Long's wood carving boat, handmade rice paper, Foshan wood carving, etc. In the past, when I was a child, I saw the old men on the street every day, which did not know a few crafts, but now with the aging of the old people, those crafts no longer appear, the sugar syrup when I was a child, the hand-painted faces, and the carved small wooden guns are all gone away with our memories, and these old crafts around us are slowly disappearing. Shadow puppetry, silver crafts, painted sculptures, shell carvings, weaving and so on are all leaving us.

The difference between intangible cultural heritage and traditional handicrafts

Intangible cultural heritage: generally refers to intangible cultural heritage. It refers to the traditional cultures that have been passed down from generation to generation by the people of all ethnic groups and are regarded as part of their cultural heritage.

expressions, as well as physical objects and places associated with traditional cultural expressions. Intangible cultural heritage is an important symbol of the historical and cultural achievements of a country and a nation, and an important part of excellent traditional culture. "Intangible cultural heritage" is the opposite of "tangible cultural heritage" and is collectively referred to as "cultural heritage".

Traditional handicrafts: generally refers to traditional handicrafts, handicrafts refer to handicrafts with a unique artistic style of handicrafts.

It is different from the arts and crafts that mass-produce standardized daily handicrafts in a large-scale industrial mechanization manner. Handicrafts.

Refers to products that are made by hand or with the help of tools. Mechanical tools can be used, but only if the direct manual work of the craftsman remains the most important part of the finished product**.

China's classification of intangible cultural heritage

There is no unified and clear distribution of China's classification of intangible cultural heritage, and different scholars have made multiple classifications from different dimensions, such as Wang Wenwen in his "Introduction to Intangible Cultural Heritage".

The 13 categories proposed in Xiang Yunju in his "Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity".

The four major classification methods, as well as the macro, neutral and micro classification methods proposed in "On the Reconstruction of the Classification Methods of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage" written by Zhou Yaolin et al., present different opinions on the classification of intangible cultural heritage.

Among them, the 13 categories of Wang's articles are recognized by the industry, namely: language, folk literature, tradition, traditional dance, traditional drama, quyi, acrobatics, traditional martial arts, sports and sports, folk arts, arts and crafts, traditional handicrafts and other craft technologies.

Traditional medicine and pharmacy, folklore, cultural space.

The main reason why traditional Chinese handicrafts have gradually disappeared from people's sight is that there are no "craftsmen" who can pass on their skillsMany young people are reluctant to engage in "handicrafts", which often take a lot of time and bring a low average income, which is the most embarrassing part of traditional crafts.

Speaking of traditional Chinese crafts, many people's first impression is to feel amazing, everyone likes handmade products, in the eyes of people now handmade products are more collectible than machine products, and a lot of processes can not be replaced by machines, but this can not change the fate of the decline of handicrafts. Young people generally do not choose to inherit those "crafts", mainly because the learning cycle of these crafts is too long, and it takes a lot of energy, time and even money to be able to master them roughly, which is a nightmare for young people who are now accustomed to a fast-paced life.

Secondly, the monetization ability of these handicrafts is not as good as other jobs, which is one of the reasons why they are not selected. "The rich will not learn, and the poor will not choose to learn" This is the embarrassing situation of these crafts, usually most of the people who choose to inherit the craft are because this "craft" is passed down from their ancestors, and there is no direct economic benefit will be passed by a large group of people. Many people may say that those top-level handicrafts are often very valuable, but if you think about how many people can make that kind of product, I think that the traditional handicrafts of the current mainstream profession are "lagging behind" in terms of monetization.

However, it is fortunate that many ** are now increasing the publicity of handicrafts, which also allows many people to understand things that they have never understood, and more and more attention can make these traditional crafts continue. Everyone should be a promoter of traditional craftsmanship, so that these amazing handmade products can be passed down from generation to generation.

Nowadays, people's attitudes have changed, and more and more young people are reluctant to inherit the handicraft. They find it cumbersome to learn and they don't make much money.

The main reason for the gradual disappearance is that there is no successor, and today's young people are no longer willing to learn traditional handicrafts, because learning traditional handicrafts is lonely, and the income is not high.

Because there are very few descendants to inherit these crafts, in their opinion, the inheritance of these crafts is likely to not even have enough to eat, so the traditional handicrafts are gradually disappearing, which is a very regrettable thing.

There are many traditional folk handicrafts in China, and there are many ancient crafts facing loss, and how to inherit and innovate and develop is the primary issue for the protection and inheritance of culture.

With the gradual rise of the tide of modernization and globalization, the rich and colorful traditional crafts in the ethnic areas are rapidly disappearing, these precious national traditional cultures are not only the living fossils of traditional science and technology culture, but also the basis for the modernization of ethnic areas, and the development of the gene of regional science and technology culture with great characteristics, people of insight all over the world are crying out, the more modernized, the more we must emphasize diversity.

What are the traditional handicrafts in our country are introduced as follows:

The first type: beading handicraft, folk artists are ingenious, stringing beads of different colors into a variety of shapes, very cute, there are rabbits, there are dogs, and some small ornaments, very interesting.

The second kind: bamboo handicraft, bamboo strips are intricate, interspersed with the way, become a delicate small lantern, look like a honeycomb from a distance, very cute, vivid bamboo weaving paintings, can make people feast their eyes, have to admire the craftsman's spirit of refinement and unlimited creativity.

The third type: porcelain handicraft, each teacup and small bowl are handmade, which not only makes the cold porcelain have a temperature, but also adds a craftsman feeling in it.

Fourth: the handicraft of carpenters and shipbuilding, the original ships are mostly wooden structures, and the initial construction of the ship is also from the model to confirm, which reflects the carpenter's exquisite and rigorous skills. The boat made by the carpenter also has small lamp beads on it, and the boat can not only float on the water, but also sparkle at night, which is very popular with children!

The fifth: wood carving and painting handicraft a piece of rotten wood through the carpenter's hand, as if reborn, a painting and a calendar of which piece of wood combination can also be so harmonious, such a work, very loved, really want a piece to put at home, very tasteful.

Sixth: clay carving handicraft: mostly used for religious portraits, sculpture sketches, the reduction is very strong, more often rotten pick-up, has a certain artistic value, clay handicrafts have figures, animals, plants, etc., each work can reflect the exquisite skills of clay carving craftsmen.

The seventh kind: gold and silver embroidery handicraft, national intangible cultural heritage, embroidery limb code delicate and delicate, the pattern is incomparable, convincing, gold and silver embroidery "full of gold" a dragon lifelike, every dragon scales are clearly visible, gold and silver silk woven together, brilliant.