Wooden and bamboo toys: kites, yo-yos, and windmills are representatives of these types of toys. There are bamboo mugs, boxes, whistles, birds, dragons and other bamboo objects made in Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces as well as some wooden carriages and wheels. These are for people's daily use or entertainment.
Knitted toys: with grass, reeds, cornstalk, corn husk and leaves of the palm trees as the materials, dragons, snakes, fish, grasshopper mantis, and other animals or shapes are made through knitting, knotting, interweaving and other skills. Nowadays, they have become a kind of handcraft in China.
Embroidery and sewn toys: most of these are cloth toys. People use rags to stitch the shapes of tigers and cats which are filled with cotton wool or scrap cloth, and on the outside they are embroidered with colored patterns. They are often used as pillows for children, and some of the embroidery and sewn toys made in Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province have been exported. |
