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Traditional handicraft wickerwork refers to

Traditional handicraft wicker products refer to articles woven with wicker.

Wickerwork is one of the national intangible cultural heritages, and it is the skill of weaving articles with wicker. Baskets and baskets woven with wicker appeared in the Neolithic Age, which were widely used in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Nowadays, wicker weaving handicrafts have become very popular. People call wickerwork artists "willow weavers". There are three wickerwork production bases in Hubei, Shandong and Anhui, and the products are exported to domestic and foreign markets.

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China is an ancient country with a civilization history of more than 5,000 years, and its intangible cultural heritage is a dime a dozen. Among them, there are many kinds of traditional handicrafts, and each skill is dazzling, such as paper-cutting, wickerwork, ceramics, embroidery, wood carving, jade carving, lacquer painting, bamboo weaving, colored glass and Chinese knots.

Ceramics is the pinnacle of Chinese traditional craft. It is made of clay and porcelain clay through batching, molding and other processes. China is the first country to use pottery in the world, and works with rough and simple styles appeared in the Neolithic Age. After thousands of years of development and inheritance, Chinese porcelain is highly respected by the world and has high practicality and artistry.

Paper-cutting is an art of cutting out various patterns on paper with scissors and carving knives. It originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and developed greatly in the Tang Dynasty. The earliest paper-cut works in China are five paper-cuts of the Northern Dynasties unearthed in Xinjiang, which have a history of 1500 years. Paper-cutting can play a decorative role, has a strong artistic appreciation, and embodies the culture and history of China.