“工艺美术是我国辉煌灿烂的文化中重要的一部分,在几千年长时间的历史过程中,我们祖先留下极其丰富的优秀的工艺美术遗产。这些遗产种类之繁,数量之多,内容形式之多样化和创造性,在世界工艺史上也是独树一帜的。许多工艺品都表现了卓越的技艺,无数匠师又积累了极其丰富的经验,经过历史的锤炼,不断地继承和创新,达到日臻完美的境地。如此珍贵的工艺美术遗产,今天正待我们进一步去开发,通晓其发展的全过程,吸取其中有益的东西,为建设社会主义新工艺服务。”这是陈之佛先生(浙江余姚人)在他主编的《中国工艺美术史》“前言”中开头的一段 “Arts and crafts are an important part of our splendid culture, and our ancestors have left an extremely rich legacy of fine arts and crafts for thousands of years of history. Forms of diversity and creativity, the history of the world’s craft is unique. Many handicrafts have demonstrated outstanding skills, countless craftsmen and has accumulated extremely rich experience, after the temper of history, continue to inherit and innovate, to achieve perfection Today, such a precious heritage of arts and crafts is waiting for us to further develop today, to know the whole process of its development, to draw on its usefulness and to serve the construction of a new socialist craft. ”This is Mr. Chen Zhifu (Yuyao, Zhejiang) He is the editor of the “History of Chinese Arts and Crafts” “Foreword ” in the opening paragraph