Main Classification of Ancient Arts and Crafts in China

China's arts and crafts have a vast field, many categories and different styles, which can be roughly divided into the following categories: folk arts and crafts, court arts and crafts and literati arts and crafts. Folk arts and crafts are handicrafts made by working people as producers for their own needs, palace arts and crafts are handicrafts made according to the needs of feudal aristocratic rulers, and literati arts and crafts are handicrafts made for the needs of feudal literati class. Palace and literati handicrafts, which are dominated by furnishings, are the products of feudal times. After entering the socialist era, it was added as a national cultural heritage, that is, special crafts.

Protection and inheritance. Under the new historical conditions, handicrafts made by professional designers and craftsmen have become commodities with both practical and aesthetic values. Emphasizing and attaching importance to technology is a consistent tradition of arts and crafts in China. Rich creative practice makes craftsmen pay attention to the aesthetic effect of the craft and consciously pursue the aesthetic ideal realm of the craft in two different interest directions: the natural craft of deliberately carving traces and the unique lacquer carving craft.