1. It is the art of the people and by the people. The creators are the vast majority of ordinary people as a group.
2. It is the art for the people. It is intended to meet the needs of their daily work, food, clothing, shelter and transportation; as well as their social life of festivals and ceremonies, of beliefs and taboos.
3. Its cultural implication and art forms are reprehensive of the world view of the community, their aesthetics, their emotional and psychological characteristics and national spirit.
4. It is a sector of Chinese parent art. Emerged in primitive society, Chinese folk art inherited the cultural tradition of national literature and art development throughout each and every period in a history of over several thousand years.
5. It is distinctively characterized by individual nationality and geographical region.
6. It is created with commonplace tools and indigent raw materials, characterized by rural natural economy of the region.
