What are the folk arts in Gansu? Craft Art

Folk art is proposed against the concept of academy art and literati art. Broadly speaking, folk art is the art created by laborers to satisfy their life and aesthetic needs, including folk arts and crafts, folk music, folk dance and opera, and other art forms; narrowly speaking, folk art refers to folk plastic arts, including folk art and arts and crafts in various forms of expression.

Categorized by material, there are various kinds of folk handicrafts made of different materials such as paper, cloth, bamboo, wood, stone, leather, metal, surface, clay, ceramics, grass and willow, palm and rattan, lacquer and so on. They are mainly made of natural materials, locally sourced, and made in a traditional handmade way with strong local characteristics and national styles, closely integrated with folk activities and closely related to life. Folk art accompanies the four seasons of the year and other seasons of the year, the rituals of life from birth to death, and the daily life of clothing, food, housing and transportation.

According to the different production techniques, folk art can be divided into painting, molding, weaving, cutting and carving, printing and dyeing, and so on.

From the point of view of the creators, folk art is a handmade art product mainly made by farmers and craftsmen to satisfy the creators' own needs or to supplement the family income, or even as a source of livelihood.

From the point of view of the production method, folk art is produced by one family and passed down from generation to generation by father to son and teacher to apprentice.

From the functional point of view, it includes folk art works focusing on appreciation and spiritual pleasure, as well as artifacts and decorations focusing on practicality and use. The themes and contents of the works fully reflect the aesthetic and psychological needs of the general public of the civil society, with full and rugged shapes, bright and rich colors, which are both beautiful and practical, but also have the spiritual function of seeking good luck and good fortune, and driving away benefits and avoiding harm.