The skill of willow weaving has a history of more than 800 years in Linshu County. After generations of folk artists' inheritance and innovation, it has become a widely representative form of folk art, and its practical value, aesthetic value and social value are universally recognized. Wicker weaving is a combination of simple tools and superb skills, a combination of practicality and aesthetics. Through the innovation of weaving skills, many different types of products are created in the weaving structure and product form, satisfying the production and life of the masses. Need, at the same time, the folk art form of willow weaving skills has also been developed by leaps and bounds.
The skill of willow weaving is a folk technique formed by the working people in the long-term social practice, and is the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people. Has the following characteristics:
1. As a purposeful practical and aesthetic creation activity, willow weaving skills are characterized by skilled and specialized skills. The mastery and application of wicker and other raw materials and weaving tools is an important means to understand and utilize the laws of nature.
2. The populace of willow weaving skills. The skill of wicker weaving is produced and developed in the long-term labor practice. The creation process and the spreading process of each handicraft are formed on the basis of joint labor.
3. Wicker products have a wide range of raw materials, make full use of the characteristics of tough plants, pay attention to color and texture, and pursue naturalness, which reflects the honest, honest and sincere character of the working people.
4. Compared with general traditional art, the subjectivity of willow modeling is more prominent. It is an organic combination of folk practical technology and folk arts and crafts, and it is also an organic combination of practicality and aesthetics.