The Patchwork Art of Shaanxi Province

Patchwork art originated in the farming communities of northern Shaanxi Province in western China, where young married women quickly became nimble-fingered from sewing patches on the torn clothes of their husbands and children. They created an appealing handicraft art out of this rough work which, over the past two decades, has emerged as a traditional folk art in its own right with distinct regional features. With themes that reflect traditional culture, folk tales and the life of the farmers of the Loess Plateau and along the Yellow River, some 90 examples are collected in this album. This title explains and illustrates the customs, handicrafts and paper-cuts peculiar to the Loess Plateau.