Chinese Bamboo Handicrafts

中国竹工艺
Language:English
Author:Zhang Qisheng
Publication date:1999   Size:215x285mm
Number of Pages:176pages + 520 colour photographs
Binding:Hardcover

     China is rich in bamboo resources which contain 400 odd species of 30 genera, and among the countries that have the most bamboo species and the largest yields in the world. For thousands of years, bamboo has glittered in Chinese culture, arts and daily life. It is an important component of Chinese traditional culture.
Generations of Chinese bamboo processing masters, through persistent inventive exertion for numerous years, have developed a unique bamboo processing art. Chinese bamboo processing art combines the traditional philosophical essence with national life style, it takes root from the daily life, and expresses more distinctive existence than that in daily life, offering aesthetic enlightenment and imagination. The aim of this book is to show the charm and elegant demeanor of bamboo art, not only find its place in history, but also make this traditional art carried forward, innovated and developed

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