Shanghai Folk Art Museum

Author: Ma Cheng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book collects and introduces a total of 63 folk collection museums in Shanghai. The collections of these museums are diverse, including ceramics, calligraphy and painting, coins, theatrical costumes, jade, teapots, first issues of newspapers and magazines, maps, commemorative badges, school badges, fountain pens, car models, ship models, clocks, ancient lamps, ancient inkstones, ancient ink, folk antique boxes, plaques, ancient shoes, three-inch golden lotuses, water pipes, needlework, gourds, chopsticks, wine bottles, odd stones, trademarks, cigarette labels, matches, keys, travel coupons, cigarette cards, chess sets, abacuses, postcards, butterfly specimens, sports mascots, and tourism entrance tickets. The collections of folk museums have a strong national and folk characteristics, with their aesthetic preferences and artistic interests being vivid, dynamic, diverse, and full of life. They have become a unique and bright cultural landscape in Shanghai, this international metropolis.