The creative concept of handicraft is difficult to keep pace with the times

May 15, 2020

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The creative concepts of modern traditional handicrafts have stayed in the style of the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and there have been few changes for many reasons. First, the successive inheritance methods of father and son, master and apprentice, make the skill and style become stylized, and it is difficult to reverse at one time. As "Kao Gong Ji" said: "Knowledge creation, skillful description; keep the world, that is the work." The second is the imbalance of modern cultural transformation, which prevents traditional craftsmanship from being close to the times. In the early part of the last century, when more suits had appeared in the southeastern region and metropolises, girls were still bound up in remote areas. There was a mixed phenomenon of ancient and modern, and the combination of Chinese and Western traditions in the society. Traditional crafts seemed to be at a loss. Some people feel the changes in the world, and strive to win the market with innovations, such as the appearance of fashion figures on porcelain bottles in Jingdezhen. Some people are in a singular psychology, and can not lose the traditional concept, resulting in a mixed style of non-Chinese, African and Western. For example, Suzhou Dongshan Carved Building has both Chinese auspicious patterns and twenty-four filial carvings, as well as Roman stigmas and Renaissance-style carvings. Only embroidery has unconsciously transformed completely. Embroidery was mainly practical in ancient times. The "Gu embroidery" of Luxiang Garden in the Ming Dynasty created the technique of embroidering paintings, and it was widely circulated. At a time when practical embroidery is declining, this process is flourishing, but it is no longer traditional embroidery. The third is high-end handicrafts that live above real life. They are originally used for value-added collections and playthings, with antiques as the top grade, and they can naturally ignore social changes. In short, the traditional handicraft in modern times is on the edge of change and change, seeming to change, which indicates that an unstoppable wind of transformation will sweep China.