Ancient craftsmanship means using ancient methods and techniques to make objects or utensils. Ancient handicraft products are very common in our lives, such as tea prepared by the ancient method, bracelets made by the ancient method, wine brewed by the ancient method, ingredients pickled by the ancient method, etc.
Technology (technology, craft) refers to the method and process in which workers use various production tools to process or process various raw materials and semi-finished products, and finally turn them into finished products.
The principles for formulating the process are: technological advancement and economic rationality. Since factors such as equipment production capacity, precision, and worker proficiency of different factories are very different, for the same product, different factories may develop different processes; even the same factory may produce it at different times. The process may also differ.
It can be seen that for a certain product, the process is not unique, and there is no good or bad quality. This kind of uncertainty and non-uniqueness is quite different from other elements of modern industry. Interior painting and jade carving are unique forms of craftsmanship in China.
Craftsmanship is the mother of arts such as painting, sculpture and calligraphy. The range of crafts is wide and varied, and there are usually two ways to classify them. One is to divide it into two categories: daily crafts and furnishing crafts: the former refers to daily necessities that have been decorated and processed, such as floral cloths, tea sets, tableware, lamps, embroidered fabrics, woven fabrics, furniture, etc.; the latter refers specifically to supplies. Ornamental display items, such as ivory carvings, silk flowers, wheat straw stickers, gold and silver jewelry, decorative walls, etc.