Chinese Arts and Crafts

China’s varied traditional arts and crafts have dual value in technology and culture. This book introduces these time-honored traditional arts and crafts, involving various aspects of production and people’s lives and reflecting the profound history and strong interest in appreciation. The book is not confined to the description of technological process, but gives insight into past lifestyle, and inheritance of Chinese civilization. Its contents include: ceramics making, jewelry making, dyeing and weaving, embroidery and sculpturing.  

 The heaven has time, the earth has vitality, material has beauty, work has ingenuity. Chinese arts and crafts enjoy a unique reputation in the history of material civilization among various nations in the world. For several thousands of years, peoples handicrafts in their development echoed with the rhythm of lifo  working with the rising sun and reposing at sunset. All species of handicrafts in their earliest states are related to usage： always practical, plain and warm, and in possession of a wisdom that adapts to agricultural civilization. Even the high-end handicrafts at the court and among the literati, such unpretentious tradition still remain and reveal a touch of pragmatic trace. All this is associated with the everlasting farming culture of China and her exceptional geographical position； which has left us rich cultural heritage in which wisdom of life and human creation is contained.