恩格斯说:“一个民族想要站在科学的高峰,就一刻也不能没有理论思维。”科学的理论,能把握未来,工艺美术的发展与繁荣,同样需要正确的理论来指导。纵观历史,中国工艺美术成就甚高。但由于历史条件的限制,仍有不少优秀工艺失传。出自民间的工艺美术艺人,因文化素质所限,极少有技艺或理论专著流传后世。他们的传世佳作有不少被珍藏在国内外的艺术博物馆中,但有些作者的名字却不被人知。建国以后,工艺美术行业中的这种局面,引起许多有识之士的严重关注。他们不断为此呼吁,并身体力行地做一些工作。但由于工艺美术行业整体文化素质的限制,及长期以来在行业中形成的强调实践创作而忽视理论研究工作思想的影响,工艺美术理论研究的落后局面在相当长时间得不到改观。多年来,新中国的工艺美术产品出口占轻工总出口值的三分之一以上,为祖国经济建设作出了重大的 Engels said: “If a nation wants to stand on the peak of science, it can not ignore theoretical thinking for a moment.” Scientific theories can grasp the future and the development and prosperity of arts and crafts, and they also need the correct theories to guide them. Throughout history, Chinese arts and crafts have achieved great success. However, due to the limitation of historical conditions, there are still many excellent techniques lost. Arts and crafts artists from the private sector, due to the limitations of cultural quality, very few literary or theoretical monographs handed down. Many of their masterpieces have been collected in art museums home and abroad, but some of the authors’ names are unknown. After the founding of the PRC, this situation in the arts and crafts industry has aroused serious concern of many people of insight. They are constantly urging for this and doing some work in their own hands. However, due to the limitations of the overall cultural qualities of the arts and crafts industry and the longstanding practice of emphasizing practice in the industry, ignoring the influence of theoretical research work, the backwardness in the study of the arts and crafts theory has not been changed for a long time. For many years, the export of arts and crafts products in the People’s Republic of China accounted for more than one third of the total export value of light industry, making a significant