中国民间玩具历史久远,在几千年的农耕文化中发展成熟。它植根于民俗之中,在民间流传、发展、演变,它出自民间艺人之手,透着浓郁的乡土气息。民间玩具品类繁多,丰富多彩,因地制宜,就地取材,构思巧妙,造型夸张,色彩明快,是实用性与装饰性并举的造型艺术。
本书向读者介绍了玩具的历史渊源,民间玩具的分类,并以春夏科冬四时、民俗节令为主线来展现民间玩具的艺术风貌。本书收集全国各地,民间玩具照片200余幅。图片精美,品类齐全,相信此书能让读者领略民间玩具的绮丽风采,同时还能品味其中丰富的文化内涵。
Introduction
Spring
Big Afu
Kite
Spring Ox
Cat Guarding Silkworms
Clay Whistles of Junxian County
Ninisou
Facial Makeup on Small Ladles
Beijing Opera Masks
Summer
Tiger-shaped Cloth Fragrant Sachets Filled
with Moxa and Spice
Fragrant Sachet
“Five Poisons”
Clay Mold
Engraved Calabash
Jingling Bamboo Basket
Braided Grass Creatures
Huangping's Clay Whistle
Tijiang Dough Figurines
Autumn
Mr. Rabbit
Eight Immortals
Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei
Animals
Winter
Chinese Papier-mch
Clay Toys from Fengxiang
Flour Dough Sculpture
Ceramic Whistles of Iianshui, Yunnan
Clay Figures of Huishan, Wuxi
Zhang Clay Figurine Master of Tianjin
Others