There are many ways to classify folk handicrafts in China.

① according to their functions, folk handicrafts can be divided into appreciation, practicality, religion and sacrifice. Appreciation refers to folk handicrafts for people to enjoy, such as colored sculptures, silk flower, etc.; Practical categories are folk handicrafts that are valuable in life, such as pottery pots, colored printed cloth, wood carving cake molds, bamboo woven utensils, etc. Religious and sacrificial categories include colored statues of Buddha, paper tied chariots and horses (figures, chariots and horses, pavilions, etc. tied with paper and reed poles, burned for the bereaved and comforted the dead).

② From the perspective of social life, folk handicrafts can be divided into practical, festive, narrative and lyrical categories. Practical categories such as clothing, printing and dyeing, pottery, brick carving architectural decoration; Festive and festive categories, such as woodblock New Year pictures, paper-cuts, colored sculptures, dough sculptures, woodcarving cake molds, lanterns, puppet head carvings, etc. Narrative and lyrical categories, such as embroidered balls, embroidered sachets, embroidered clothes, shoes and hats, are used as tokens of love or wedding souvenirs.

③ According to the industry, folk handicrafts can be divided into sculpture (such as colored plastic sculpture, dough sculpture, sugar blower), printing and dyeing (such as blue calico, wood block color printing, embroidery (such as sachet and cloth tiger), weaving (and utensils), pottery, clothing, jewelry, wood block New Year pictures, paper cutting, kites, shadow play, silk flower, and lanterns.