●Contents
●Preface
●Craft Culture
●The Transformation of Chinese Contemporary Arts and Crafts
●The Development of Chinese Contemporary Arts and Crafts
●Chinese Contemporary Handcrafts - Part of the Country’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
●Sages’ Creations: Traditional Chinese Crafts and Their Tales
●Utensils
●Ceramics
●Bronze Vessels
●Lacquer Ware
●Costume
●Fabrics
●Embroidery
●Printing and Dyeing
●Display
●Furniture
●Enameled Glassware Inlaid With Gold and Silver
●Bamboo-Carving, Wood-Carving, Ivory- and Horn-Carving
●Decoration......
內容簡介
“一方水土養一方人”。歷目前的中國，是一個以農業和手工業為支撐的農業國家，農耕社會的自然環境衍生了延續至今的傳統生活方式。種類繁多的傳統手工藝扎根於民間，與民生民俗息息相關，以實用、樸素、溫情的品格展現了中國從過往到現代的國計民生和區別於其他文明起源地的文化特征。無論是服務於上層的宮廷工藝、充滿文人趣味的士大夫工藝，還是帶有濃郁鄉土氣息的民間手工技藝，發明創造的初衷源於特定自然環境中中國人的生活所需，蘊涵著生產與生活的造物智慧，是中華文明的重要載體。
