Why are China's ancient handicrafts world-famous?

Reason: The official camp, the main form of ancient handicraft industry, also made the royal family monopolize a large number of skilled craftsmen and exquisite materials, thus producing a large number of excellent handicraft products.

In the later period of primitive society, handicraft industry was separated from agriculture and became an independent production department. The bronze casting technology in Shang and Zhou Dynasties was quite mature. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, cast iron became an important production department.

The development of ironmaking, cast iron steelmaking, silk weaving and paper making in Han Dynasty was one of the main signs of economic prosperity at that time. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, white porcelain was successfully produced by pouring steel, which was a major breakthrough in porcelain-making technology.

During the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, the art of silk reeling appeared, and the porcelain industry became an independent production department. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Bi Sheng invented movable type printing in the Song Dynasty, and Huang Daopo invented a three-spindle spinning wheel in the Yuan Dynasty to burn blue and white and red under the glaze.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the cotton textile industry became a new handicraft sector, firing bucket colors, multicolored porcelain, pastel colors and enamel colors.

Extended data:

The developed handicraft areas in history are all distributed in intensive cultivation areas. Such as the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the early stage and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the later stage.

Intensive farming areas can provide a lot of raw materials for traditional handicrafts in China, which are closely related to agriculture, such as textile, sugar, tea and wine making.

In addition, the development of handicraft industry is also beneficial to the development of agricultural economy, such as the development of metal smelting industry, especially the development of iron smelting industry and steel smelting industry, which greatly promotes the improvement of agricultural production tools and the development of agricultural economy.

Although the handicraft industry in ancient China was very developed, due to the rulers' policy of emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce, the handicraft industry served agriculture, and it was always in a subordinate position in the agricultural economy when it was combined with agriculture.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Ancient Government Handicraft Industry