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Guangzhou folk art of wood carving

OHTN2017-10-25Aix XinLe

Our carvings and other carving as a long history. Wood carving appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, Li Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and so far, focused, continuous innovation and development.

Guangzhou folk art of wood carving

Guangzhou is one of Guangzhou traditional wood carving carving it with Beijing's Beijing-style wood carvings, Jiangsu Soviet-style wood carving wood carving art composed of three schools. Guangzhou carvings known through a semi-perspective carving, carving full screen and multi-level combining engraving styles. Chen Clan between built Guangxu years, focused on the essence of the art of wood carving, especially the living symbol of the Qing Dynasty Chaozhou woodcarving God Pavilion, incense burners and other cover also reflects the delicate carvings of Guangzhou, exquisite style. The famous Guangzhou mahogany furniture carving is derived from Guangzhou carvings.

Guangzhou building decoration and carved wooden furniture carved into two categories. Architectural sculpture made of camphor wood and more, there are halls flower couch, doors, windows, screens, such as the case of God, such as Guangdong Folk Crafts Museum, Chen Ancestral Temple in the screens, beams, windows and doors will always embodies the characteristics of Guangzhou carvings. Carved mahogany furniture and furniture Zhangmu Xiang most famous. Mahogany furniture, for example, it inherited the tradition of carving wooden structures and processes, with Gu Pu and elegant shape, fine carving, sanding smooth, bright paint, rugged construction, durability and other characteristics, is the practical art of oriental luxury hall .

Rosewood and mahogany wood is divided into two categories. Mahogany furniture is made with the tenon method, without nails. There are embossed carving (embossed), the through-carved (through flower) and Shen carving scorelines (female spline) three. Mahogany furniture, there are vases, bottles seat, lanterns and other technology products, used to be called "small pieces of wood." Redwood Kowloon bed is one of the masterpieces of innovative products in recent years, its design ingenuity sculpture, engraving on the back nine Long great potential in contrast, turns out to be gods, lovely.

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