What does China traditional craft wickerwork mean?

Wickerwork is a traditional handicraft in China, which refers to the skill and craft of weaving articles with wicker.

Wickerwork is one of the traditional handicrafts with a long history in China, which originated in the pre-Qin period. It uses the flexibility and toughness of wicker to weave wicker into various daily necessities and decorations, such as baskets, baskets, boxes, hats, blue mats, screens and so on. After cutting, moistening, softening, boiling, weaving and other processes, it is widely used. Liu Di is one of the traditional musical instruments in China, and the material used is also willow, but the production technology and skills are different from those in wickerwork, and it is not a handicraft in wickerwork.

Wickerwork products are handicrafts widely circulated among Chinese people. "Every family has a basket, and every household has a basket." . This is because the source of raw materials for this process is very extensive. The main raw materials for basket weaving in the north are willow branches, tamarisk branches, mulberry branches, Vitex negundo and Amorpha fruticosa, which are produced in saline-alkali land and marshland. Sanhejian, Henan Province and Linyi, Shandong Province both have wickerwork and strip weaving technology. Wickerwork products, including production tools, daily necessities and unique wickerwork handicrafts, are also sold overseas in large quantities.