What handicrafts are there in Ningbo?

Ningbo is a beautiful port city. Of course, it has beautiful coastal scenery and many delicious seafood. Ningbo also has many traditional handicrafts. Come and see what handicrafts Ningbo has!

One of Ningbo's specialties: Yuyao Buddha sculpture

Yuyao Lubu is a traditional sculpture art in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, with a very long history. It originated in Wei and Jin Dynasties, was popular in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Qing Dynasty. Yuyao Buddha statues are mostly carved with precious wood such as camphor wood and nanmu, and are carved around Buddhist scriptures and characters in myths and legends. The carved Buddha statues have exquisite carving techniques and realistic expressions.

Ningbo specialty II: Nijincai lacquer

Clay gold colored lacquer is a traditional craft variety in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and it is also an endangered traditional craft variety with China characteristics. Its history can be traced back to Hemudu culture more than 7000 years ago. China raw lacquer and gold foil are the main raw materials of Ningbo clay gold colored lacquer, and wooden tires are the main lacquerware, as well as bamboo chips and bamboo braids. All hand-made, exquisite craft. * * * There are hoop barrels, whitewashing, priming, tracing, painting mud, plastic piling, gilding, painting, coloring and spreading mica mother-of-pearl.

Ningbo specialty 3: Ningbo straw mat

Ningbo straw mat is a traditional handicraft in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, with a long history. Ningbo Huanggulin has superior geographical environment and suitable climate and soil. The produced mat grass is bluish white with green color, uniform and straight in thickness, thin and tough in grass wall, full and elastic in grass core, strong in tension and not easy to break. This material is excellent in texture, crisp and hard, soft and smooth, and its fragrance is refreshing.

Ningbo specialty 4: Yuyao straw weaving

Yuyao straw weaving is a traditional folk handicraft in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, with a long history, which was recorded during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Yuyao straw is made of Hypericum japonicum and then made by traditional methods. The woven straw hat is white and soft, with excellent hand feeling and fine weaving, which makes the straw hat look bright, beautiful and generous.

Ningbo specialty five: Ningbo embroidered clothes

Ningbo embroidered clothes are traditional handicrafts in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. Ningbo embroidery has a long history and is very famous in the Ming Dynasty. The method of making embroidered clothes in Ningbo is very complicated. Soft colors such as black, gray, azurite, sauce red, yellow, gray-green are mostly used, and embroidery is made by different stitches such as oblique needle, button needle, fat needle, drawing, gauze surface, silk clamping, drying needle and minute needle, which are novel in style, beautiful in pattern, well-tailored, fine in workmanship, cool and crisp.