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What folk crafts are there?

Strictly speaking, craft refers to the processing of articles, including the processing skills of works of art. The word "folk" in folk arts and crafts does not refer to the origin or location of products, but to the content of products. So what folk crafts are there?

1, lantern. Lantern, also known as lantern, is a kind of lighting equipment, and it is a timely thing in traditional festivals. In China, whenever there are festivals, weddings, birthdays and celebrations, people will put lanterns and tie colored lanterns to celebrate. The 15th day of the first month and the Mid-Autumn Festival are the traditional Lantern Festival in China. Folk lanterns were originally developed from palace lanterns in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which originated from the custom of decorating lanterns during the Lantern Festival. Palace lanterns became popular, and lanterns began to spread to the people. The widespread popularity of lanterns among the people was about in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and reached the peak of production skills in the Song Dynasty.

2. Kites. Kites can be seen all over the country Among many kinds of kites, kites from Beijing, Tianjin, Weifang, Shandong and Nantong, Jiangsu are famous. These four places are called the four major kite producing areas in China. And Hebei, Sichuan, Liaoning, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Tibet, Taiwan Province and other regions. There are also kite categories with strong local characteristics.

3. Sichuan Opera has changed its face. Sichuan Opera's changing face is one of the stunts in Sichuan Opera's performance, which is used to reveal the changes of characters' hearts, thoughts and feelings, that is, to turn the invisible abstract emotions and psychological states into tangible images-Facebook. Changing the face of Sichuan Opera is a stunt in shaping characters in Sichuan Opera art. Revealing the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play is a romantic technique.

4. Folk dance. Folk dance is a popular dance form with distinctive regional characteristics and national style. It is different from court dance, professional dance and religious dance, but it has the characteristics of original ecology, is an original folk art, is the foundation and nutrition source of other dance creation, has the characteristics of folk, mass and inheritance, and is an artistic style loved by the people.

5. opera China's traditional drama is a favorite art in China. It has a long history and has gone through various stages such as gestation, formation, development and prosperity. As early as in ancient China, the seeds of traditional Chinese opera had been bred in song and dance. After entering the class society, this tradition of song and dance art still exists in the vast rural areas, and it is constantly innovating and developing to meet the needs of people's spiritual life.

Those are all folk arts and crafts.