Cao Zhen

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THE 9th Shenzhen Folk Art Craft Exhibition presents the diverse landscape of Shenzhen’s folk arts, featuring more than 200 exquisite works across over 40 categories, including pottery, dough sculpture, cotton sculpture, clay sculpture, paper-cutting, embroidery, pyrography, wheat-straw painting, copper engraving, inkstone carving, and woodcarving.

Hosted by the Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles and co-organized by the Shenzhen Folk Literature and Art Association and the Shenzhen Museum, the exhibition vividly demonstrates the innovative vitality and cultural appeal of folk art in the new era.

The show brings together works by national, provincial, and municipal masters, inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, and young artists from Guangdong and Hong Kong. Some pieces revive historical classics with exquisite craftsmanship, while others reinterpret contemporary life through inventive approaches. They include heartfelt depictions of Lingnan culture and fresh narratives of modern China, marrying traditional aesthetics with contemporary design to explore the diverse possibilities of traditional culture today.

The exhibition is part of the 2025 Shenzhen Community Art Season, which encompasses activities in visual arts, music and dance, theater and stage art, traditional culture, inter-city exchange, and urban aesthetic education. It is a city-wide, year-round cultural initiative involving municipal, district, community, corporate, and school partnerships. In addition to the exhibition, the Shenzhen Museum will collaborate with local associations and enterprises to launch a series of public benefit events.

Exhibition: Through Nov. 21

Craft demonstration: 2:30-5:30 p.m., Nov. 2

Chinese comedy show: 3-4:30 p.m., Nov. 9

Venue: Shenzhen Museum’s history and folk culture division, Jintian Road, Futian District (深圳博物馆金田路馆-历史民俗)

Metro: Line 2 or 4 to Civic Center Station (市民中心站)