The traditional arts and crafts of Shandong Province enjoy great prestige all over China and play an immensely important role in the Nation’s folk arts arena. At once elegant and simple, concise and lively, they take shape in the hands of master craftspeople who employ unique skills, materials, designs and colours in their creation.

Lou Kau Mansion continues its series of exhibitions demonstrating the unique folk arts characteristic of the various regions of Shandong Province with several types of traditional arts and crafts. These include the Gaomi Niejiazhuang Clay Figurines and Weifang Cloth Toys, with their rich, rustic charm, Confucian Kai Wood Carving, a cherished art handed down for generations, the virtuosic and delicate arts of Zibo Interior Surface Painting and Micro-carving and the refined and ancient Dezhou Black Pottery, as well as Laixi Gourd Carving and the Linqu Red Silk Inkstones.

These items not only reflect the diversity, superb skill and unique characteristics inherent in Shandong’s various folk art schools, they are a testament to the accomplished conservation efforts made on behalf of these traditional arts and the culture of the Province.