Research And Inherit Of The Chaoshan Crochet Weaving

Chaoshan’s crochet knitting has hundred years of history. It is worldwide famous for its delicate and exquisite craftwork. By integrating local craft culture into its traditional handicraft based on foreign crochet, this craftwork has turned into a traditional handicraft full of local characteristics. Once upon a time, it was the exact pushing power for the economic development and the improvement of people’s life in Chaoshan area, played a key role in the social development of Chaoshan area. However, as the age of industrial mechanization production comes, this art and craft being rich in local characteristics is on the decline and can no longer raise this society’s attention. Yet, Chaoshan’s crochet knitting still has the significance which can never be replaced by machines. It has been keeping account of the development of an area and is conveying the temperature of the craftsman to customers. It should never be on the decline because of machinery production, reduced inheritance and the lack of designers.This article uses Chaoshan’s handicraft crochet knitting as the research object by expatiating the origins, development, inheritance, artistic value as well as the historical and cultural value of Chaoshan’s handicraft crochet. Through comparisons of domestic and foreign crochet, this article elaborates on the characteristics and development history of Chaoshan’s crochet knitting. By using document analysis and field methods, this article has been exploring deeply for the local characteristics, local culture and humanistic connotation to exhibit the artistic value of Chaoshan’s crochet knitting. Moreover, pointing at problems emerging in the development of Chaoshan’s handicraft crochet, this article has puts forward thinking and discussion on the protection, inheritance, innovation and development direction of this National Intangible Culture Heritage in terms of its functions, colors, expressing medias, aesthetics and taste, endeavoring to draw attentions to this traditional handicrafts and therefore to inherit it and make it glow.