What are the traditional folk arts?

Traditional folk arts mainly include piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, shadow play, opera, weaving technology, paper cutting, clay sculpture and so on. China culture has been profound and has a long history. Many folk arts have added luster to our cultural life since ancient times.

Traditional folk art mainly embodies the performance and artistic talent of folk people through musical instrument performance and craftsmanship. Every handicraft reflects the ingenuity of folk craftsmen. Next, it mainly introduces shadow play and paper-cutting.

Shadow play, China's shadow play is divided into north and south factions. It uses pole manipulation to make exquisite shadow play, and flexibly uses lighting according to the needs of the plot to perform a vivid and realistic play. The northern part is represented by Luanzhou Shadow Play, and the southern part is represented by Chengdu Dengying. The size, production and manipulation of the two schools of shadow play are different, but both have their own advantages and are amazing.

Paper-cutting is widely circulated among the people in China. According to research, paper-cutting has a history of at least nearly 1500 years in China. It can be said that the paper-cut culture began to develop from paper-making in Han Dynasty. Especially in the Tang Dynasty, popular paper-cutting brought back the soul, and paper-cutting developed rapidly during this period. In the Song Dynasty, the development of paper industry was very mature, and the variety of paper increased, which made paper-cutting popular among the people. People decorate windows, lamps and cups with all kinds of paper-cuts.

The art of paper-cutting reached its peak in Qing Dynasty, and paper-cutting became an important home decoration. Today, some emerging paper-cuts have appeared, and the cultural elements of paper-cuts are also richer.