What are the characteristics of bamboo carving art in Jiading?

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According to the data, the use of knives instead of writing and calligraphy to carve bamboo are the main characteristics and traditional skills of Jiading bamboo carving. Jiading bamboo carving artists use knives to write, the book, painting, poetry, literature, printing in the art of integration, give new life to bamboo, so that bamboo carving works have obtained the spirit of the book and the taste of gold and stone.

History: Jiading bamboo carving was founded in the Ming Dynasty during the Longqing and Wanli periods (1567-1619 AD), and has a history of more than 400 years. At that time, the development of bamboo carving technology in the south of the Yangtze River formed two major schools with their own characteristics

The first is the "Jinling faction" and the second is the "Jiading faction," and the "Jiading faction" is more prosperous.

During the Qing Dynasty, Jiading County has become the center of bamboo carving technology. Zhu Songlin, the founder of the Jiading School, was originally a person who was good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and he was able to use penmanship and knife skills in production, and had the courage to innovate, which was beyond the reach of others. His son, Zhu Xiaosong, and grandson, Zhu Sansong, both inherited this business.

Zhu Xiaosong carved the "Ancient Immortal Buddha", which was highly praised by the world. Zhu Sansong pushed the traditional skills of his father and grandparents one step further, and the carved figures, landscapes, grasses, insects, and birds were all exquisite, with a sense of freshness and agility. Later, Jiading bamboo carving masters came out in large numbers, such as Qin Yijue, Shen Dasheng, Hou Kunzeng in the Ming Dynasty, Feng Yinggu in the Qing Dynasty, Shi Dajing, Zhang Xuehai, and so on.

What are the characteristics of bamboo carving art in Jiading? Jiading bamboo carving has a long history.

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Jiading bamboo carving is a wonderful branch in the hundred gardens of handicrafts in our country. Bamboo, with its tough texture, straight body and elegant color, is the same as jade, and since ancient times, literati have always called it noble virtue. As early as more than 1,000 years B.C., bamboo has become the subject of ancient poets' chanting, and there is a famous sentence in the Book of Songs.

According to records, from the middle of the Ming Dynasty, bamboo carving art gradually formed two centers in Jiading and Jinling, and was divided into two major schools. Zhu He of Jiading and Pu Zhongqian of Jinling are recognized as the founders of the two major schools. It can be seen that the bamboo carving in Jiading, Shanghai has a long history, and it has been shining in the folk carving art of the motherland for a long time.

Varieties and techniques: Jiading bamboo carving artists with knives on behalf of the pen, the calligraphy, painting, poetry, literature, printing of all kinds of art into one, giving bamboo a new life, so that the bamboo carving works have obtained the atmosphere of the book and the taste of gold and stone, elegant and vulgar, become the elegant play of the literati doctors of the past dynasties. The shape of Jiading bamboo carving is more suitable for the taste of literati, and its varieties include pen holders, incense tubes (scents), arm rests, interstitial screens, hugging pairs, etc., as well as figures, landscapes, plants and trees, and animals carved from bamboo roots.

Its techniques include shallow carving, profound, thin ground Yangwen, bas-relief, deep relief, openwork, round carving and so on more than 10 kinds, with obvious regional style and distinctive originality, aesthetic value far more than practical value.

Writing with a knife and carving bamboo with calligraphy" is the main feature and traditional skill of Jiading bamboo carving. According to the "Jiading County Chronicle": "Bamboo carving is a fine art, Wuyi is the most prestigious, and it is incomparable to other places, then it is the knife technique."

Ordinary use, to engrave the person for the single tip, open up the thickness of about a little, and cut its side, its mouth flat, with the tip of the horn into the bamboo, the name of the knife. And the compound with a round knife is cylindrical. Cut one end of the bevel, and round its edge, so the place, its bottom is not deep and flat, this is used, can be just right, and the structure of the font and the gesture of the turn, can coincide with the book, no far-fetched disadvantages.

All over Fujian and Hunan provinces, there are also bamboo carvers, but compared to my hometown, there is no such knife method. It can be seen that the knife technique of Jiading bamboo carving is unique and different from other places.

Jiading bamboo carving is one of the outstanding national traditional crafts of the Han nationality. Writing with a knife and carving bamboo with calligraphy" is the main feature and traditional skill of Jiading bamboo carving. Jiading bamboo carving artists with a knife on behalf of the pen, the calligraphy, painting, poetry, literature, printing and other arts into one, giving bamboo a new life, so that the bamboo carving works have obtained the atmosphere of the book and the taste of gold and stone, elegant and vulgar, become the elegant play of the literati doctors of the past dynasties.

In 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.