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What handicrafts are there in Inner Mongolia?

Mongolian silverware

As early as before the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolians were famous for using silverware. There are silver bowls in Mongolian silverware. Mongolian knife, Mongolian silver pot, drinking utensils, headdress silver hairpin, various saddle flowers, etc. Its characteristics are generous and simple, exquisite and meticulous, simple color patterns and distinctive national style. There are mainly silver pots, silver bowls, silver wine sets, Mongolian women's headdresses, silver ornaments and so on.

Leather painting

Leather painting is a kind of handicraft with great artistic value invented by Mongolian people. Leather painting paper is made of high-quality whole cowhide and refined by traditional technology. It needs dozens of special processes such as drawing, coloring, layer dyeing, polishing, setting and embossing. The finished product has strong stereoscopic impression, soft color and strong national characteristics.

Mongolian knife

Mongolian knives are indispensable tools for Mongolian herders to slaughter livestock and eat meat. They are both practical and decorative. The blade is generally made of high-quality steel, and the handle and scabbard are made of steel, silver, wood, ox horn and bone. , the surface has exquisite patterns, or filled with enamel and inlaid with gems.