Chinese folk art is characterized by

Chinese folk art is characterized by its aesthetic nature.

Folk art, which refers to the mastery of established traditional styles and techniques, also refers to arts, crafts and decorative ornaments made by ordinary people. Each country or region may produce a typical folk art. Folk art is a response to the concept of academic art and literati art. Broadly speaking, folk art is the art created by laborers to satisfy their own life and aesthetic needs, including folk arts and crafts, folk music, folk dance and opera and other forms of art;

Narrowly speaking, folk art refers to folk plastic arts, including folk art and arts and crafts in various forms of expression. According to the material classification, there are paper, cloth, bamboo, wood, stone, leather, metal, surface, clay, ceramics, grass and willow, brown rattan, lacquer and other different materials made of various types of folk handicrafts. They are mainly made of natural materials, locally sourced, and made in a traditional handmade way with strong local characteristics and national styles, closely integrated with folk activities and closely related to life.

Folk art accompanies the four seasons of the year and other seasons of the year, the rituals of life from birth to death, and the daily life of clothing, food, housing and transportation. Functionally, it includes folk art works that focus on appreciation and spiritual pleasure, as well as artifacts and decorations that focus on practicality and use. The themes and contents of the works fully reflect the aesthetic needs and psychological needs of the general public of the civil society, with full and rugged shapes, bright and rich colors, which are both beautiful and practical, but also have the spiritual function of seeking good luck and good fortune, driving away evil spirits and avoiding harm.