What are the folk crafts in China and how are they made?

There are many folk crafts in China, such as wood carving, clay sculpture, kite, thangka and boxwood carving. Different crafts have different production methods, but most of them are fine and complicated, which contains thousands of years of traditional culture in China.

Thangka is a Tibetan painting form, which depicts many contents, such as the life scenes of Tibetan people, Tibetan medicine, Tibetan history and so on. But the most important thing for Thangka is to draw Buddha statues, which adds a layer of religious color to Thangka. Thangka's painting is very complicated. You need to draw a pattern on drawing paper or canvas first, and then sew it with satin. If it is a religious content like the Buddha statue, there will be lamas chanting prayers for it. Thangka is also very particular about the materials used. The painting pigments used are all extracted from natural plants. People are very careful when drawing thangka. In their eyes, this is not only a painting, but also a manifestation of Tibetan culture and the Tibetan people's love for the nation.

Wood carving has a long history in China. It appeared in the stone age and has been passed down to the present. Wood carving is an important part of folk art, and it is very particular from the beginning of material selection. The selected wood must be as tough as rosewood, camphor wood and agarwood, followed by the carving process in wood carving. Relief, round carving and carving are all difficult. Today, due to regional reasons, woodcarving has formed different regional styles, such as Tujia boxwood carving and Suzhou Red Woodcarving, all of which have their own styles.

Clay sculpture is the first batch of intangible cultural heritage in China. Similarly, it originated in the Stone Age and is a very old folk art ... the raw material of clay sculpture, which requires a lot of energy to make. Generally, it is made of sticky mud, and then it has to go through many processes such as beating, beating and kneading, and then cotton and bees are added to the mud to enhance the plasticity of the mud. After kneading, it should be polished and fired, so that the clay sculpture can be preserved for a longer time. These ancient folk crafts in China are not only the embodiment of people's artistic wisdom, but also the embodiment of China's traditional culture, which is of great historical significance.