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The Research On The Creation Thinking Of Chinese Ancient Folk Toys

Posted on:2013-09-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J TongFull Text:PDF
GTID:2251330425959281Subject:Fine Arts
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Along with the epochal renewal and social development, western modern playthings start to boom, which makes traditional toys face a great challenge. It is of great help for the sustainable development of Chinese modern toys to do researches on our traditional folk playthings. From the angles, such as history, people’s custom, culture and science and technology etc, this article carries on a thorough research on the creation idea of ancient child’s toys, putting emphasis on the characteristics of handicraft technical skill from ancient civil toys, the thought of creation philosophy and appreciation of the beauty.This text makes use of the methods of classification and contrast to analyze the different characteristics of ancient civil toys at different history periods; The means of comprehensive analysis is applied to researching the origins, development, technical skills, aesthetic and inheritance etc. contents of our ancient civil child’s toys; moreover, the method of image analysis plays a role as an illustration to support, concluding the creation thoughts of ancient folk toys.This article systematically discusses the creation idea of ancient folk toys in the philosophical level and it collects historical data from the literature material and archaeology material. By means of the contrast between ancient and modern folk toys, it concludes that from all angles, it conveys a kind of culture present mode-"containing thinking in things".Ancient civil Chinese child’s toy roots at our vast civil traditional culture, and it has accumulated rich culture connotation alongside the process of realizing and changing nature. This text first analyzes the origins of folk toys, then discusses the handicraft technical skill, following with the philosophy origin and aesthetic spirit in it. Finally, it focuses on researching the proper ways to protect and develop folk toys. The long way that Chinese folk toys have experienced conveys people’s love for life.As a special art form of folk fine arts, Chinese folk toys play the role of materialized form of the folk culture. It fulfills Chinese daily life with its own special entertainments as the great way goes. The creation sources of folk toys is daily life, and toys should indicate people’s life interest. That is what so-called the marrow of playthings.In order to lead plaything toys to the direction of nationality and folk art, we have to understand it truly and protect it effectively. Moreover, further inheritance and creation should be keeping conducting in the aspect of subject matter, art and skill. In this way, the Chinese ancient folk toy is able to get new lease of life and energy. These special toys are sure to gain more popularity as the generation goes. Without doubts, they are going to meet their resplendence in the near future.
Keywords/Search Tags:folk toy, "containing thinking in things", creation idea, china, the ancient periods
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