Research On The Status Quo Of Development Of The China Folk Arts Modeling

Chinese folk arts is a kind of traditional fine arts. It shows us not only the styles and features of modeling but also the skills of creation, the background of creation, the culture and history setting, the living conditions, the theme and implication of modeling and so on.Since 20^th century, the whole China has turned to the modern machine industry from the agriculture and handicraft industry. Therefore, people's mode of manufacture, people's style of living, the structure of society, the structure of culture, the materials of production and the tools of production have greatly changed. To adapt itself to such changes, folk arts modeling has also made some changes in its contents, functions, skills and types of modeling. Such phenomenon is the inevitable outcome of the development of history. What we should do in this course is to follow the right direction of the development of folk arts modeling, to inherit its traditional skills, to develop its special characteristics, to let its charming go into all aspects of people's modern life.Folk arts modeling is the form of expression of folk art and folk culture. And it is also a kind of form of beauty which is created by working people generation after generation in their work and is applied to their life. It originates from the Chinese culture of thousands of years, from the awareness of collective appreciation of beauty in the particular social structure and culture of the Chinese rural areas, from the folk artists' unique thinking style and modeling consciousness. As an art, the folk arts modeling did get involved in people's artistic activities in all kinds of forms in the past and it will also do in the future. At the same time, the folk arts modeling provides us with rich resources for creation and development of modern design.