How to integrate local folk art factors into primary school art curriculum

The art created by China people for the purpose of beautifying the environment and enriching folk activities has been applied and popularized in daily life.

Folk art is an important factor in the artistic traditions of all ethnic groups and the source of all artistic forms. Painted pottery art in the Neolithic Age, stone carvings, pottery figurines and portraits in the Warring States and Qin and Han Dynasties have distinctive folk art characteristics in shape and style; After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, literati and nobles became the leading figures in the painting world, but a large number of prints, New Year pictures, sculptures and murals were mainly made by folk craftsmen, while paper-cutting, embroidery, printing and dyeing, and garment sewing, which were loved by ordinary people, came directly from the hands of the masses, decorated, beautified and enriched social life, expressed people's psychology, wishes, beliefs and moral concepts, and were passed down from generation to generation, constantly innovating, developing and developing.

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, their materials are mostly ordinary wood, cloth, paper, bamboo and mud, but they are exquisitely made, ingenious in conception, good at bold imagination and exaggeration, and often use the familiar homophonic meaning, positive and optimistic, fresh and vigorous, simple and lively, expressing their dreams and ideals for a better life, full of romanticism.

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. These include prints, New Year pictures, architectural color paintings, murals, lantern paintings, fan paintings and so on. 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 and so on. ③ Toys. Including mud toys, ceramic toys, cloth toys, bamboo toys, iron toys, paper toys, wax toys, etc. ④ Embroidery, dyeing and knitting. Including batik, calico, homespun, brocade, embroidery, flower picking, flower mending, etc. ⑤ clothing. Including national costumes, children's wear, wedding dresses, embroidered wallets, insoles, jewelry, velvet silk flower and so on. ⑥ Furniture and appliances. Including daily pottery, daily porcelain, wood, bamboo, lacquer, bronze and leather products, horses and chariots, etc. It has decorative and artistic value. ⑦ Toy group. Including puppets, shadow puppets, masks, flower show shapes, etc. 8 paper cutting. Including window grilles, fireworks, embroidery, embroidery patterns, tags, etc. Pet-name ruby paper lamp paper. Including all kinds of lanterns and all kinds of paper. Take part in knitting. Including straw weaving, bamboo weaving, wickerwork weaving, straw weaving, wheat straw weaving, brown weaving, paper weaving and so on. ? Food. Pastry mold, pastry modeling, candy modeling, etc. Folk art runs through all fields of people's life and spiritual world, directly reflecting the thoughts, feelings and aesthetic tastes of working people, and showing their intelligence and artistic talent.

Let children contact and accept these artistic factors around them.