Craft Study Of Shanxi Quwo Calabash

Calabash has the extremely profound accumulation in the Chinese culture. It isviewed as a symbol of good luck due to its characteristic of rounded shape and seedprolific. And the craft of calabash is derived from calabash culture.This study is located at the Yellow River in Quwo, with the foundation of fieldinvestigation, making study about Quwo craft process in the local folk arts and CraftsSociety Zheng Jia, visit the local craftsmen and the Museum of Jin, combined with thelocal regional culture, history background and the other related factors，analysis andresearch the current situation of development and the circumstance of inheritanceabout Quwo gourd craft, collect，excavate the literature and data, research on thescientific and objective point of view. On the aesthetics, research of Shanxi Quwogourd craft’s connotation and aesthetic rules.Quwo gourd craft have exquisite decorative patterns, rich and colorful vignette,have a lot of methods to decorated, like carving, pyrography, lacquer, gold and silverinlay, or use other elements to express the auspicious meaning. It is worth to study, nomatter the subject or the colors. Because of the interpretation above, this paper aims tohelp the development and heritage of the Quwo calabash craft.With the development of modern industry, its high productivity, high production,low time cost may cause a high impact on the traditional hand-crafts industry. Besides,the young generation may prefer to working at big cities rather than staying at thecountryside. At a result, few youngsters are willing to learn the traditionalhand-crafting techniques which requires a lot of time in learning, with the passing ofthe elder generation, the folk hand-crafting industry are now facing a very high danger.The value of traditional hand-crafts is its creativity and self-motivations. With wildinspiration, feeling of the life and incredible creativity, the art itself is priceless. Wewill be discussing the current status and having a view of future by describing thedevelopment and heritage of the art of Quwo calabash crafts in this paper, hoping todraw everyone’s attention in protecting precious Chinese traditional civil culture.