A short story about folk utensils

Generally speaking, the function of folk art is the combination of aesthetics and practicality, which not only meets the actual needs of people's daily life, but also beautifies the living environment and meets the spiritual needs of people's emotional sustenance, respect, love and entertainment. It is the perfect embodiment of the unity of beauty and use. From the perspective of objects in daily life, agricultural production tools, fishing and hunting tools, hand tools, catering cookers, daily necessities and other objects have greatly facilitated people's daily necessities, and at the same time, they have been beautified by creators through painting, carving, dyeing, chiseling and weaving. In the Li nationality area of Hainan Island, there is an ancient bone-making technology. Bones are daily necessities with distinctive regional and national characteristics. They were another important invention after the invention of wood and stone tools, and played an important role in prehistoric culture. Bones and combs in the bone carvings of Li nationality are the most exquisite ones. The types of bone implements are bone shovels used for digging, weeding, ash removal and eating utensils; A bone knife for harvesting rice in a mountain column; A scraper for removing rice from the railing; Weft cutter for textile machine; A bone shuttle used to weave fishing nets; A bone dart used to stab fish; Bones used for hairdressing and fixing hair; A bone comb for decorating hair; Necklaces for decoration and evil spirits, etc. Bowls, lamps, plates, spoons, chopsticks, tea and wine utensils in catering kitchen utensils; Lamps, candles, pillows, hats, vases, picture frames, fans, heaters and other large and small items in daily necessities are essential items in people's daily life. All kinds of folk utensils are simple and practical, and their decoration such as modeling, painting and carving has great affinity, and they are also practical works of art that integrate beauty and use. In rural farmers, you can often see plain, simple and lovely storage tanks (some made of paper pulp with auspicious patterns painted on them), food boxes, pot boxes, smoking utensils, tableware, drinking utensils, pottery bowls, blue and white plates, seasoning boxes, containers, oil lamps, combs, beautiful farm tools and so on. It can be said that people live in an artistic atmosphere, and no matter where they look, they are full of simple beauty. Life is art and art is life itself. The ubiquitous folk art cultivates people's temperament, and also cultivates the aesthetic vision of China people from generation to generation.