page_title: Chinese folk art
section_title: Chinese knot
hierarchical_section_title: Chinese folk art / Textile arts / Chinese knot
caption_attribution_description: English: Chinese Pan Chang knot
context_page_description: Chinese folk art are artistic forms inherited from a regional or ethnic scene in China. Usually there are some variation between provinces. Individual folk arts have a long history, and many traditions are still practiced today. The general definition of folk art incorporates Chinese art forms that are not classified as Chinese fine art.
  Chinese Folk art is the ancient forms of art that originated in China. Some of these ancient art forms include jade carvings, performance art such as music and their respective instruments, textile art such as basket weaving, paper art and clothing.
context_section_description: Chinese knotting (中國結) is a decorative handicraft art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang and Song dynasty (960–1279 AD) in China. It was later popularized in the Ming. The art is also referred to as Chinese traditional decorative knots. One of the more traditional art forms, it creates decorative knot patterns. During the Culture revolution it was not practiced, but nowadays it is very popular again.
  In other cultures, it is known simply as "decorative knot".
caption: A 4-row Pan Chang knot with cross knots
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