What are the traditional handicrafts in China

1, ceramics

Ceramics, English: china. The Chinese invented pottery as early as about 8,000-2,000 B.C. (Neolithic period). Vessels fired with clay are called pottery, and those fired with porcelain clay are called porcelain. Ceramics, on the other hand, is a general term for earthenware, stoneware and porcelain.

The ancients called ceramics ou. All the wares made from clay of two different natures, pottery clay and porcelain clay, as raw materials, through the process of batching, molding, drying, roasting and other processes can be called ceramics.

2, wood carving

Chinese wood carving art originated in the Neolithic period, more than seven thousand years ago, Zhejiang Yuyao Hemudu has wood carvings. Qin and Han Dynasties wood carving technology tends to mature. Shi color wood carving marks the ancient wood carving process reached a fairly high level.

Wood carving is a kind of sculpture, often called "folk craft" in our country. Wood carving can be divided into three-dimensional round carving, root carving, relief carving three categories. Wood carving is a separate category from woodworking, which is classified as "fine woodworking" in our country.

The folk art varieties categorized by carving materials. Generally, we use trees with fine and tough texture that are not easy to deform, such as nanmu, zitan, camphor, cypress, ginkgo, incense, mahogany, longan, and so on.

The use of natural forms of tree roots carving artwork is "root carving". Wood carving has round, relief, openwork or several techniques and use. Some are also painted to protect and beautify the wood.

3, embroidery

Embroidery is a needle and thread embroidered on the fabric of a variety of decorative designs. Embroidery is divided into two kinds of silk thread embroidery and feather embroidery. That is, the needle will be silk thread or other fibers, yarns to a certain pattern and color in the embroidery material piercing, embroidery to form a pattern of decorative fabrics.

It is an art of adding human design and production to any fabric in existence with needle and thread. Embroidery is one of the traditional Chinese folk handicrafts, which has a history of at least 2,000 to 3,000 years in China. There are four main categories of Chinese embroidery: Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery and Cantonese embroidery.

The techniques of embroidery include: wrong needle embroidery, messy needle embroidery, net embroidery, full-ground embroidery, locking silk, nashi, najin, flat gold, shadow gold, plate gold, piling velvet, scraping velvet, poking yarn, sprinkling thread, picking flowers, etc. The techniques of embroidery are as follows: "embroidery", "embroidery", "embroidery" and "embroidery".

The use of embroidery mainly includes life and art decoration, such as clothing, bedding, tablecloths, stage, artwork decoration.

4, paper-cutting

Paper-cutting is a traditional art in the areas of Hebei Province, Shanxi Province, Liaoning Province, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Guangdong Province, Yunnan Province and Shaanxi Province. Paper cutting is a kind of folk art that uses scissors or carving knives to cut patterns on paper, which is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities.

In China, paper-cutting has the broadest mass base, it is intertwined in the social life of people of all ethnic groups, and is an important part of all kinds of folk activities. 2006, paper-cutting was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

5, Chinese knot

Chinese knot is a kind of unique hand-woven crafts in China, which shows the sentiment and wisdom of the ancient Chinese civilization is a side. It was originally used in the Paleolithic era for sewing and knotting, and then developed into a decorative craft in the Han Dynasty.

The jade worn by the Zhou Dynasty was often decorated with Chinese knots, while the bronze vessels of the Warring States period also had Chinese knot patterns, and it was not until the Qing Dynasty that Chinese knots really became a popular art.

Contemporary jade knots are often used to decorate interiors, as gifts for friends and relatives, and as personal jewelry. Because of its symmetrical and delicate appearance, it can represent China's long history, and conforms to the customs and aesthetic concepts of traditional Chinese decoration, so it is named Chinese knot.

There are many kinds of Chinese knots, such as double money knot, button knot, pipa knot, regimental brocade knot, cross knot, lucky knot, ten thousand character knot, disk long knot, alga knot, double knot, brocade bag knot, etc. The Chinese knot represents unity, happiness and peace. Chinese knots represent unity, happiness and peace, especially in folklore.