Chinese skills

Author: Tan Zhu
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Chinese handicrafts, an ancient and magnificent kingdom. Emerging from the primordial chaos of ancient times, humans, with stone, needle, knife, and brush, have crafted this kingdom. Embroidery, porcelain painting, paper-cutting, root carving, wood carving, dough figurine, shadow puppetry—through millennia of wind and rain and generations of inheritance, countless ancestors have painstakingly accumulated this vast treasure. It is the crystallization of human wisdom, an art that loves nature and can move our hearts. A wooden bowl, a clay doll—all handmade objects carry the warmth of the craftsman's hands, infused with their heart and love, giving them a soul and life. Embroidery, paper-cutting, wood carving, clay figurines, shadow puppetry—these ancient Chinese handicrafts have been passed down through generations for thousands of years. They are the crystallization of human wisdom, an art that nature and can move our hearts. However, under the dual pressures of modern technological civilization and the mindset of societal impatience for quick results, Chinese handicrafts are gradually declining. This book not only introduces many lesser-known ancient crafts but also reflects the fate and living conditions of the craftsmen who still practice these traditional skills. Their perseverance, struggles, and desires—despite our inability to change the fate of certain skills being gradually forgotten by time in modern society—this book at least retrieves them from the long river of history, preserves them on paper, and ensures their eternal existence here. The ancient and mysterious crafts, the successors of the artisans, and the exquisite images make this book a valuable collectible.