Hand embroidery is a famous traditional handicraft in China, which occupies an important position in the history of arts and crafts in China. Hand embroidery is inseparable from sericulture and silk reeling. China is the first country in the world to discover and utilize silk, and people began to raise silkworms and reeling silk four or five thousand years ago. With the use of silk, the appearance and development of silk fabrics, hand embroidery technology has gradually emerged.

2. Oil-paper umbrella:

Oil-paper umbrella is one of the traditional handicrafts of Han nationality. As a kind of paper umbrella or cloth umbrella which originated in China, it has also spread to Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Ryukyu, Thailand, Laos and other parts of Asia, where oil-paper umbrellas with local characteristics have been developed. Oil-paper umbrella is not only a daily necessities for sun protection and rain protection, but also an indispensable item in wedding etiquette.

3. Kite:

Kites have a history of more than 2,000 years in China. Traditional China kites are full of auspicious meanings and patterns. In the long years, our ancestors not only created exquisite calligraphy and painting that condensed the wisdom of the Chinese nation, but also created many patterns that reflected people's yearning and pursuit for a better life and implied good luck.

4, iron painting:

The production of iron paintings originated in the Song Dynasty and prevailed in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the iron paintings in Wuhu, Anhui Province became self-contained and gradually became world-famous. Iron painting is forged with iron as ink, anvil as inkstone and hammer instead of pen.

5. Fabric:

Cloth art is the art of cloth, and it is a wonderful flower in China folk arts and crafts. There are many stitches in fabric embroidery, such as laying needles, plain needles, scattered needles, punching, buttoning, coiling gold, braiding embroidery, locking embroidery and so on. Embroidery is divided into different styles and schools according to different regions and customs. The history of weaving and embroidery in the south is longer than that in the north, the technology is higher than that in the north, and the style is exquisite and elegant; The needles used in the north are thicker and the colors are brighter.

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