Folk arts are a large part of Chinese tradition and history. For many centuries China has developed their folk arts and crafts into world recognized forms of art. They display the spirituality and culture of provinces throughout the country.

Many folk arts demonstrate the social and historical changes which have influenced society and transformed the nation. Throughout the centuries, folk arts have prospered and provided communities with a source of pride and connectivity.

Many folk arts were developed for practicality reasons and have develped into respected traditional art forms. All folk arts and crafts featured on this website are admired for their unique styles and exquisite skills in their field of work.

There are many magnificent varieties of Chinese traditional folk arts and crafts which range from traditional paintings to edible art. The following is a list of the different categories of cultural arts and crafts which create stunning works for the world to enjoy

- Paintings include traditional prints, New Year posters, architectural paintings, fresco, lantern paintings and fan painting.

- Sculptures and carvings include coloured sculptures, architectural sculpture, metal castings and carvings, wood carvings, brick carvings, dough sculptures, coloured glaze decorations.

- Toys include clay toys, pottery and porcelain toy, cloth toy, bamboo toy, iron toy, paper toy, wax toy and etc.

- Embroidery and Spinning crafts include batik, printed calico, Tu fabric, brocade, embroidery, stitch embroidery and appliqué.

- Clothing and Accessories include ethnic clothing, children’s clothing, wedding dress, scented sachet, insole, ornaments, spun silk flowers and velvet flowers.

- Furniture and household utensils include household pottery, household porcelain, wooden utensils, bamboo utensils, lacquer ware, bronze ware and leather products.

- Performance accessories include puppets, shadow puppets and masks.

- Paper cuttings include window flowers, paper designs and Guaqian (Manchu paper cuttings).

- Paper arts include coloured lanterns and paper objects.

- Weaving crafts include straw weaving, bamboo weaving, osier weaving, stalk weaving, palm fibre weaving and paper weaving.

- Edible art includes cake moulds, pastry modeling and candy modeling.

Through this website we aim to promote and protect the magnificent folk arts and crafts of China. Traditional arts from every province in China need to be preserved and given more support for the artists to receive the much desired admiration from the rest of the world.