Review of Chinese Traditional Handicraft: Fahua Ceramic

Abstract

: Fahua ceramic which is still in the stage of arts and crafts, is one of the traditional Chinese ceramic handicrafts. While many other ceramic handicrafts, such as blue-and-white porcelain is already going through the initial stage of art and craft to the stage of artistic creations, expecting to conduct the development of theoretical construction from the perspective of discipline. However, without much theoretical research, Fahua ceramic has been stuck in the stage of "art and craft". Lacking the sense of discipline and being short of the basic theory as well as the few description experience have limited the development of Fahua ceramic. Furthermore, the difficulty of the craftsmanship and the special technique of painting also contribute to the lagging development of Fahua ceramic.This research mainly uses the literature survey method to systematically sort out the relevant related literature. From the perspective of history and craftsmanship, it attempts to comment on the traditional handicrafts of Fahua ceramic and summarizes the viewpoints and problem involved, expecting to excavate the long-term lags in the research of Fahua ceramic ， and further recognize and solve these problems to provide historical and scientific rational basis, and promote the inheritance and development of this knowledge.