1. Paper umbrella, also known as oil-paper umbrella, is a traditional handicraft of the Han nationality. It is a paper or cloth umbrella that originated in China and has a history of nearly a thousand years. Paper umbrellas are exquisite in craftsmanship, beautiful in shape, lightweight and durable, and have rich local colors. Together with bodiless lacquerware and corner combs, they are known as the "Three Treasures" of Fuzhou. In traditional Chinese weddings, when the bride gets married and gets off the sedan, the matchmaker will use a red oil-paper umbrella to cover the bride to ward off evil spirits. In religious celebrations, it is often seen that oil-paper umbrellas are used as shelters and propped up on the palanquin. This is based on the meaning of perfection and serves as a symbol for people to protect themselves from the sun and rain, and to ward off evil and avoid evil.
2. Chinese knot
The word "rope" is homophonic to "god". In the formative stage of Chinese culture, rope was worshiped. According to written records: "Nuwa leads the rope in the mud and lifts it up to look like a human being." And because the rope resembles a winding snake and dragon, the Chinese are the descendants of the dragon. The image of the dragon god in prehistoric times was a variation of the knot. to reflect.
The word "knot" is also a word that means strength, harmony, and full of emotions, giving people a sense of reunion, intimacy, and warmth. "Knot" and "auspicious" are homophonic, and "auspicious" is the eternal pursuit theme of mankind. "Knot", a vital folk skill, has naturally become the essence of traditional Chinese culture and has flourished for a long time and has been passed down to this day.
3. Cloth Art
Cloth Art: The art on cloth is a magnificent and unique flower in Chinese folk crafts. Ancient Chinese folk cloth art was mainly used for decoration of clothing, shoes and hats, bed tents, bags, backpacks and other small items (such as headscarves, sachets, fan belts, purses, handkerchiefs, etc.), toys, etc. These daily necessities are not only beautiful and elegant, but also enhance the strength and wear resistance of the fabric.
4. Embroidery
Embroidery, also known as silk embroidery, is one of China's outstanding national traditional handicrafts. According to the Book of Songs, the Zhangfu system dating back 4,000 years stipulates that "clothes are painted and embroidered"; there is also a description of "plain clothes with red embroidery" in the Book of Songs. During the Song Dynasty, the trend of advocating embroidered clothing has gradually become popular among the people, which also promoted the development of Chinese silk embroidery craftsmanship. Embroidery in the Ming Dynasty has become a highly expressive work of art, and has successively produced Su embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, Hunan embroidery and Shu embroidery, known as the "Four Famous Embroideries".
5. Palace lanterns, also called palace lanterns, have a history of thousands of years in China. Up to now, palace lanterns have become a must-have symbol of Chinese traditional culture. Palace lanterns began in the Eastern Han Dynasty and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. They have a strong traditional atmosphere. Palace lanterns, as the name suggests, are lanterns used in the palace. They are mainly made of fine wood as a skeleton inlaid with silk yarn and glass, and are painted with various patterns on the outside. Lamp, it is famous all over the world for its elegance, luxury and palace style.
Because most of them were used by royal palaces, they had to be equipped with various complex and delicate decorative elements later to show the emperor's luxury and preciousness from the side. The shapes of palace lanterns are divided into octagonal, hexagonal and four-corner types. The screen patterns in each screenshot are dragons and phoenixes, good luck, longevity and good fortune, good luck and good luck, etc.