What is folk art?

China folk crafts include: paper-cutting, New Year pictures, batik, embroidery, weaving and so on.

1, paper cutting

Paper-cutting is an art form that spreads among the people, with thin paper as the material and cutting and engraving as the main modeling means. Paper-cutting is also the most common kind of folk, which has the closest relationship with people's lives and the richest content. It has a history of more than 3000 years. In 2009, Chinese paper-cutting was listed in the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.

2. New Year pictures

China people's favorite traditional festival is our Spring Festival. On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, every family posted Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures and set off firecrackers, which are the best memories of the second generation after 1970s and 1980s. The famous carving sales centers of Chinese folk woodblock New Year pictures are Yangliuqing in Tianjin, Taohuawu in Suzhou, Yangjiabu in Wei County, Shandong Province, Zhuxian Town in Henan Province, Wuqiang in Hebei Province, Fengxiang in Shaanxi Province and Mianzhu in Sichuan Province.

Step 3 batik

Batik is an ancient traditional textile printing and dyeing handicraft of ethnic minorities in China, and it is also called the three major printing technologies in ancient China together with tie-dyeing and hollowing printing. Batik works are also loved by people all over the country. Batik has rich patterns and elegant colors. Melting wax with a wax knife, painting flowers on the cloth, dyeing with indigo, not only removing wax.

Step 4 Embroidery

Speaking of embroidery, it is simply the treasure of greater China, one of the three major specialties, exported from the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty to Central Asia, West Asia and the Mediterranean coast. Embroidery is divided into silk embroidery and feather embroidery Suzhou embroidery, Hunan Xiang embroidery, Guangdong Yue embroidery and Sichuan Shu embroidery are called the four famous embroideries in China.

Step 5 weave

There are many kinds of weaving crafts in China, including bamboo weaving, rattan weaving, straw weaving, brown weaving, wickerwork weaving and hemp weaving. Common knitting techniques include knitting, winding, nailing and knotting. Our most common knots belong to Chinese knots, and there are many ways to tie Chinese knots, which can be roughly divided into three categories: basic knots, variable knots and combined knots.