What traditional handicrafts are there in Jiangsu?

1. Yangzhou paper-cut is one of the oldest Han folk arts in China. It is a hollow art, which gives people a kind of empty inspiration and artistic enjoyment visually. Yangzhou is one of the earliest areas where paper-cutting was popular in China, and there was a custom of "paper-cutting for spring" in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

2. Yangzhou jade carving, the jade used in Yangzhou jade carving is hard and meticulous, with a hardness of 4 to 8 degrees Mohs. The manual carving process is more complicated, and its technological characteristics are pondering, that is, "cutting jade" and "grinding jade". Yangzhou jade is full of varieties and colors, forming the basic characteristics of "vigorous, mellow, elegant, exquisite and exquisite", which is famous for its unique artistic charm.

3. Yangzhou embroidery, "Antique Landscape Embroidery" and "Ink Freehand Embroidery" are two major features of Yangzhou embroidery. The characteristics of Yangzhou embroidery are that its works are mostly based on the excellent landscapes and figure paintings of many famous artists in the past, with far-reaching artistic conception, clear composition level and elegant and soft colors. Yang embroidery is known as "needle painting", and the artistic style of replacing pen with needle, replacing ink with thread and embroidering in one furnace has been fully reflected in Yang embroidery works.