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What other folk art activities in China

1, shadow art:

Shadow is the shadow theater and shadow theater characters, including the scene props, scenery products of the common name. Chinese shadow art, Chinese folk arts and crafts and opera skillfully combined with the unique art varieties, is the Chinese nation's art hall is indispensable to a delicate pearl. Shadow play is to let the audience through the white curtain, watching a plane puppet performance of the shadow of the lamp to achieve the artistic effect of the theater form, shadow play is one of the earliest Chinese opera.

2, kites:

The earliest Chinese kites were made by the ancient scientist Mo Zhai, the early kites were mainly used in the military, from the late Tang Dynasty onwards, they were gradually used as toys, and now a part of Chinese kites are also exported to Japan, North Korea, Europe and other countries.

3, paper-cutting:

Paper-cutting is one of the most popular folk traditional decorative arts in China. Paper cutting not only expresses the aesthetic preferences of the masses, and contains the deep social psychology of the nation, but also one of the most distinctive folk art in China, and its modeling characteristics are especially worth studying.