The Study Of Straw-weaving Art In Laizhou, Shandong Province

Straw-weaving craftwork is a kind of handicraft with a long history and enormous application potentiality. It not only plays a part in Chinese culture, but shines gorgeously and attractively in the whole world culture."Weaving baskets raises the whole family"is a colloquialism of Shandong Province. The colloquialism illustrates the rich weaving source and the universalness of weaving industry, and it also expresses people's gratitude toward weaving skills. Nowadays, weaving with plants is more than a means of life. It has become a symbol of traditional craft and culture.The author has visited Mr. Gao Jingyou, a famous artist with much experience in the industry and Professor Qu Xuepeng for the sake of the paper. Under their guidance, she has summarized the development state of straw-weaving craft in Laizhou, Shandong Province through the investigation in local straw-weaving workshops, factories, and companies. The paper has found out the unique artistic features, aesthetic value and practical value of local straw-weaving craft, and then tried to analyze them from the perspective of arts and craft aesthetic.Based on the above, the paper has also analyzed their craft features and artistic forms respectively and sought out their mutual relations among them so as to promote the craft's development through studying the process of the straw-weaving craft production and development.At last, the rules have been summarized and the expectation of development of straw-weaving craft in the future in the city of Yantai has been discussed. The paper has also analyzed the existing limitations in terms of the market discipline, and then explored a new way of straw-weaving craft development in Laizhou, Yantai City, Shandong Province...