Fishing is what? What are folk crafts?

"Fishing" is a word that has long been a sign of any occupation at the expense of which a person lives. Many heard the expression "fishing" or "folk crafts". How did the meaning of this word develop? What kinds of activities do they apply to?

Definition of concept

The first meaning of the word "fishing" is the extraction of something. Often it was used as a synonym for the word "business". It signified the main occupation of man, which served as a source of existence for him. It could be hunting, fishing with the subsequent sale or exchange of the mined.

So, there was a fish, seals, whale and other crafts. But fishing is not necessarily a hunt. The word refers to deforestation, mining of minerals, as well as various crafts, for example, weaving, pottery, wood carving, etc. Thus, the concept means either obtaining what nature has created, or creating something with your own hands to provide for yourself and your family.

"To trade with something" meant to engage in fishing. Later the phrase began to be used in a figurative sense with a negative connotation and meant engaging in fraud or something mean, reprehensible.

From fishing to industry

The oldest trades are fishing, borticulture and hunting. In the northern regions, the main means of survival was killing, hunting for seals, deer and fur-bearing animals. In the Far East, they collected maral root, ginseng and other herbs, berries and mushrooms. It became increasingly popular to try or extract gold. They were engaged in shishkoboy, weaving, shoemaking, jewelry and forging, they extracted a mummy.

Gradually, the volume of production and production increased. In the XIX century, there were factories and plants that replaced single manual labor for machine production. The word "fishing" has grown into an "industry". There appeared large enterprises of mining type, which are engaged in mining, oil industry, etc.

Weaving has grown into the textile industry, and shoemaking - in shoe, carving and woodworking has found reflection in the furniture industry. Despite this, some trades remained until now.

Applied art

Art applied art is called folk craft. It is part of tradition and culture and often has a narrow regional character, specific only to a certain locality

The long Russian craft is gzhel - a blue painting of white porcelain. It originated in the villages of the Gzhel Volost of the Moscow province in the 18th century. Other famous folk studies of Russia: Zhostovo trays, Khokhloma, Dymkovo toys, Gorodets painting on wood, embroidered Pavlovskad scarves and making Tula samovars.

Making matryoshkas also became a national craft. The lesson became popular, thanks to the artist Malyutin, who showed his invention at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900. The doll reliably "zasela" in Russian culture and is associated with Russia from all countries of the world.