Chinese rural handicrafts

Author: Gao Xing
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is one of the first in China to conduct real-life interviews with individual artisans in daily life. The author records the living conditions and craftsmanship inheritance of over 20 rural artisans through vivid writing and simple photography. The author's attitude is neither exaggerated nor idealized. The focus of the author's concern is related to material life, such as artisanal food production like bread-making and winemaking, as well as traditional craftspeople like carpenters, blacksmiths, and stonemasons who are on the verge of disappearance.