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scrolls and paintings for people to decorate their houses with. Just like every other traditional
handicraft in my country, calligraphy is both beautiful and meaningful. In addition, a lot of old
women have a gift for embroidery. They use a needle to create some amazing pattern son clothes.
Paper cutting, puppetry, and the craft of making Chinese knots are also very long-established.
Although they date back thousands of years, these art forms are still popular around Spring
Festival. Fewer and fewer people are actually able to make them, so the price of each handmade
craft can be very high these days, but people still like to buy such decorations from local artists.
And it is not rare to see people observe the artists in their workshops in touristic areas. These
traditional crafts represent one aspect of our cultural heritage.
2. How do people feel about handmade items as compared to machine-made items?
Well, handmade handicrafts are always more expensive because they are unique (= of one of
a kind) and they usually require a lot of time and skills to create, so people appreciate them much
more than something made by a machine.
3. Do you think that handmade arts will be widely available in the future?
No, I seriously doubt that handmade arts will be very common in the future. I am sure that
some artists will still be able to keep the traditional arts alive, but it won't be as common as it used
to be 100 years ago. It seems like we don't teach young people those forms of art anymore, so they
are very likely to slowly disappear or at least become a lot less available.
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