Introducing a craft from my own home

"Hairy monkey" is a folk crafts, it is used in traditional Chinese medicine in the cicada molt (i.e., robin's shell) and Xinyi (i.e., yulan overwintering flowers) made of simple materials, but the producers of the artistic conception is very skillful. With their observation of the various characters on the society and personal perceptual knowledge, will be fluffy Xinyi for the body, intercepting the cicada molt **** and claws attached to it, in place of the monkey, the monkey instead of a person, made into a variety of works of art. It is said that the history of Beijing's "hairy monkeys" originated in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, and that they mainly simulate human movements and life scenes, reflecting the life of the marketplace. Mrs. Hu Jieqing, the wife of Lao She, wrote a poem for the monkeys: "The half-inch monkeys are dedicated to a sinking ship in Kyoto, and they draw the custom in perfect detail.

In the past, the monkeys' works mainly reflected the industry and customs of the society, such as shaving heads, digging out manure, pouring water, pushing carts, selling sugar gourds, and telling fortunes. ...... Some of them can become a complete set of art works, such as "the county magistrate going on patrol", "the marriage procession", "the marriage procession", "the marriage procession", "the marriage procession", "the marriage procession", "the marriage procession", and "the marriage procession". The "marriage procession" and so on. In recent years, the subject matter of the work is also innovative, in addition to maintaining the traditional subject matter, there are reflecting real life. The monkeys have been developed from children's toys to indoor desktop furnishings, praised by international friends, and have become one of the most popular tourist souvenirs

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