What handicrafts are there in Yangzhou?

Common handicrafts in Yangzhou include Yangzhou paper-cutting, Yangzhou jade carving, Yangzhou lacquer ware and Yangzhou embroidery.

1, Yangzhou paper-cutting, Yangzhou is one of the earliest areas in China to popularize paper-cutting, with a very long history. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, there was a custom of paper-cutting to announce spring. By the Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou's commerce was prosperous, and the number of paper-cutting artists also increased greatly. Yangzhou paper-cut artists also create embroidery patterns according to their needs, from curtains and bedding pillowcases to mirrors, clothes, sachets and handkerchief pencil cases. Every embroidery must have a pattern. Yangzhou people call paper-cutting artists "pattern cutters".

2. Yangzhou jade carving is one of the traditional folk carving arts in Yangzhou with a long history. The jade used in Yangzhou jade is hard and meticulous, and the manual carving process is complicated. Yangzhou jade carving creatively combines various techniques such as yinxian carving, shallow floating, three-dimensional round carving and hollow carving, forming the basic characteristics of "roundness, elegance, delicacy and exquisiteness", which is famous for its unique artistic charm. The sculpture works are novel in composition, beautiful in shape and exquisite in craftsmanship.

3. Yangzhou lacquerware is one of the traditional craft varieties with China characteristics. It has a very long history and originated in the Warring States period, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Yangzhou lacquerware can be divided into seven categories: carved lacquer inlaid with jade, finely ground snail, inlaid with bone and stone, spotted snail, carved lacquer, painted hook knife and painted sand inkstone. Solid and elegant shape, exquisite workmanship, harmonious and symmetrical color, soft and smooth luster. On September 9, 2004, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the protection of Yangzhou lacquerware products originating in the region.

4. Yangzhou embroidery: The characteristic of Yangzhou embroidery is that most of its works are taken from the excellent landscapes and figures of many famous artists in the past. The painting has profound artistic conception, clear composition level and elegant and soft colors. On this basis, poetic antique landscape embroidery and natural ink-and-wash freehand embroidery were created, which are characterized by inheriting the cultural connotation and pen-and-ink interest of excellent Chinese paintings and forming an elegant, elegant and vivid artistic style, which is unique in the embroidery field.