The Craft Production And Aesthetic Features Of The Traditional Mongolian Leather Goods

The traditional mongolian leather goods are basic material inmongolian nomadic life, thus it is essential to nomadic life and theMongolian culture. While it is easy for Nomads to obtain raw material,the unquestionable features can meet different demands of daily life. Yet,it is portable, especially suitable to unregular nomadic life. So with itsunique aesthical features and cultural connotation, the traditionalmongolian leather goods play a significant role in mongolian handicrafts.Used as a daily necessity for Nomads, the leather goods arewidely utilized in every aspect, such as harness, clothing, decorations,domestic ware, even in Samanistic clothing and Buddhist instruments, soit can be called the main and most important symbol in nomadic life. ToMongolian cultural studies, the Study of the Mongolian traditional leatherproduction technology itself is important and indispensable.For the past few years, as the development of archaeology and thenational culture and the mainstream culture is becoming more and morepopular, the leather research has attracted wide attention. Many scholarshas made tremendous achievements after their various aspects ofresearching and analysis.In view of the above situation, by reading a large number of dataand documentary records, and on the basis of related graphics data, firstthis paper starts from the historical background of the Mongoliantraditional leather to overview of the origin and development of theMongolian traditional leather goods, and continue the analysis and studyon the relations between traditional mongolian leathers and the northernNomads and the influence on Mongolian trade. Then, in second part, thepaticular analysis is put in leather goods production. In the end, withgrassland culture as the background of the traditional mongolian leather,itexplores the aesthetic characteristics and cultural connotation of leathergoods. The single function of the leather is converted into the combination of form and function process,so as to strengthen theunderstanding of people to Mongolian culture. Yet,it is significant to dosome actual work for inheriting the Mongolian traditional culture.