HUANG Xiulin¹, HUANG Sijie²,OUYANG Xiaosheng³

(School of Design, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, China)

Abstract: Traditional folk crafts begin to call public attention with the prevalence of the concept of intangible cultural heritage. However,a traditional craft has hard time surviving in the context of social transformation which sees the conflict between the aspirations for rapid development of economy and culture and the needs for heritage transmission. Its preservation calls for innovations based on the maintenance of its essence and the fulfillment of modern aesthetic criteria. This paper describes the status quo of the reparation with cramps for porcelain curios and antiquities and predicts the future tendencies of this technique.

Key words: traditional folk craft; porcelain reparation technique; modern aesthetics; Zen style; Wang Laoxie (Heretic Wang)