Folk Handicraft Art (Shandong Volume)

Author: Zheng Jun, Wu Kun (editors)
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Folk handicraft art, rooted in the common masses and grassroots, is created by unnoticed craftsmen in the process of productive labor. Therefore, it has a close connection with people's lives, production, and customs, and is loved by laborers, who master and utilize it. Folk handicraft art possesses characteristics such as originality, inheritance, regionalism, and craftsmanship. Regardless of historical court art, literati art, religious art, or modern artistic creations, they can all draw nourishment from folk handicraft art. This book focuses on the folk handicraft art of Shandong, some of which are endangered and on the verge of being lost, while others are being developed and organized. These folk handicraft arts include Gaomi clay toys, Weifang woodblock New Year prints, Weifang kites, Gaomi batik New Year prints, Jinyi spinning wood toys, Liaocheng Langzhuang dough figurines, Jimo happy steamed buns, Lixi gourd carvings, Zaozhuang Fulì pottery, Yimeng shoe soles, Cao County paper offerings, Jiaodong dough figurines, and Linyi fragrant, all of which are renowned for their unique local characteristics.