Characteristics of China Folk Art

China folk art is characterized by the unity of practical value and aesthetic value.

Folk art is closely related to folk activities, such as New Year pictures, paper-cutting, Spring Festival couplets, drama sets, lanterns, paper binding, symbols, costumes, dragon boat floats, moon cake patterns, clay sculptures and so on. Clothing and arrangements for folk festivals, as well as ethnic minority folk festivals.

Folk art is distributed all over the country, and has formed rich categories and styles due to differences in region, customs, feelings and temperament. But they all have the characteristics of unity of practical value and aesthetic value.

In addition, most of their materials are ordinary wood, cloth, paper, bamboo and mud, but they are skillful in production, ingenious in conception, good at bold imagination and exaggeration, and often use the familiar homophonic meaning to express their dreams and ideals for a better life, which is full of romanticism and makes people feel happy.

Extended data

There are many kinds of folk arts with different purposes and uses, such as plastic arts for appreciation and practical handicrafts. Generally speaking, it can be divided into:

1. Painting: including prints, New Year pictures, architectural color paintings, murals, lantern paintings, fan paintings, etc.

2. Sculpture: there are colored sculptures (spectacle colored sculptures, small clay figurines), architectural stone carvings, metal casting carvings, wood carvings, brick carvings, dough sculptures, glass architectural ornaments, etc.

3. Toys: including mud toys, ceramic toys, cloth toys, bamboo toys, iron toys, paper toys, wax toys, activity toys, etc.

4. Embroidery dyeing and weaving: including batik, calico, homespun, brocade, embroidery, flower picking, flower mending, etc.

5. Clothing: including national costumes, children's clothes, wedding dresses, embroidered wallets, insoles, jewelry, velvet silk flower, etc.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Folk Art