Kites, clay figurines, paper-cutting, embroidery, dough figurines, etc.
1. Kite
Kite was invented by the ancient working people in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China, and it has been more than 2,000 years ago. According to legend, Mo Zhai made a wooden bird from wood and took three years to develop it. It was the earliest kite origin of mankind.
Later, Lu Ban used bamboo to improve the material of Mo Zhai's kite, and it evolved into today's multi-thread kite. It is said that "Mozi was a wooden kite, which took three years to become, but Fei was destroyed in one day."
In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, kites began to become a tool for transmitting information; starting from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to the development of the paper industry, people began to use paper to decorate kites; by the Song Dynasty, kite flying became a favorite outdoor activity.
2. Clay figurine
Clay figurine dough sculpture is an ancient traditional folk art in my country, commonly known as dough figurine. It uses clay as the main material, mixed into different colors, and uses hands and simple tools to create various lifelike images.
Because of its rich colors and vivid shapes, it is widely spread among Chinese people and deeply loved by people. Dough sculptures are usually made on-site in the streets and alleys and sold on-site.
Dough sculpture artists in the old society "traveled around in tears just to make a living". They carried burdens and suitcases and traveled from village to town. They made their crafts on the streets and became successful in an instant. They were deeply loved by the masses, but their However, the work is regarded as a kind of gadget and cannot enter the hall of elegance.
Nowadays, dough sculpture art is valued as a precious intangible cultural heritage, and gadgets have also entered the art palace. Dough sculpture is a folk handicraft that is simple to make but highly artistic.
It uses flour and glutinous rice flour as the main raw materials, plus colors and other ingredients, and is treated to prevent cracking and mildew to make soft dough of various colors.
3. Paper-cutting
Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art that uses scissors or carving knives to cut patterns on paper and is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base, is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups, and is an important part of various folk activities.
Its continuously inherited visual image and modeling style contain rich cultural and historical information, express the social beliefs, moral concepts, practical experience, life ideals and aesthetic tastes of the general public, and have cognitive , education, expression, lyricism, entertainment, communication and other multiple social values.
On May 20, 2006, the art heritage of paper-cutting was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. At the fourth meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage held from September 28 to October 2, 2009, the Chinese paper-cutting project declared by China was selected into the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity."
4. Embroidery
Chinese embroidery, also known as silk embroidery and needle embroidery, is one of China's outstanding national traditional crafts. China is the first country in the world to discover and use silk. Silkworm rearing and silk reeling began thousands of years ago.
With the use of silk, the production and development of silk fabrics, embroidery technology also gradually emerged. According to "Shangshu", Zhangfu was recorded four thousand years ago. The system stipulates that "clothes are painted and embroidered".
The custom of advocating embroidered clothing during the Song Dynasty has gradually become popular among the people, which also promoted the development of China's four famous silk embroidery techniques. They are Su embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, Hunan embroidery, and Shu embroidery.
5. Mian embroidery
Mian embroidery is also called dough sculpture, year model, and dough flower. It is a simple but highly artistic style. Chinese folk handicrafts. China's dough sculpture art has been recorded in writing as early as the Han Dynasty.
It uses flour, glutinous rice flour as the main raw materials, plus colors, paraffin, honey and other ingredients, and is anti-cracking and mildew-proof. The dough is made into soft dough of various colors.
The dough kneader takes the materials according to the needs, kneads, kneads, kneads, and lifts them several times in his hands, and uses a small bamboo knife to dexterously cut, carve, and score. Shape the body, hands, head and face, put on hair accessories and clothes, and in an instant, a lifelike artistic image is created.
In 2008, it was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
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