Stone carving (white flower stone carving)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: stone carving (white flower stone carving)

Applicant: Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province

Project No.: 832

Project No.: Ⅶ - 56

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Sichuan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province

Protection unit: cultural center of Lizhou District, Guangyuan City

Introduction to stone carving (white flower stone carving)

Applicant: Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province

Stone carving, also known as "stone carving", is a traditional hand carving technique with stone as raw material. China's stone carving art has a long history. It has been carried on for thousands of years and has been handed down to the present day. It shows the exquisite technology, ingenious conception and abundant creativity of traditional folk crafts. Stone carving is usually created on natural stone materials such as marble, granite, bluestone and sandstone. In this process, a series of skilled folk carving techniques such as round carving, relief carving, openwork carving and line carving are used. Because these stone materials are natural and can be preserved for a long time, stone carving techniques are mostly used to make large-scale sculptures and decorative sculptures. According to the use, stone carving products can be divided into three categories: first, building components and decorations, such as platform base, memorial archway, stone lion, etc.; second, god Buddha statues, such as the statues of Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi Province and Longmen Grottoes in Henan Province; third, daily necessities, such as desk ornaments and inkstones, which can be appreciated and used. Traditional stone carving used axes, hammers and chisels as tools. In modern times, some more advanced tools such as glycerine powder and simple machinery were used. With the development of society, the stone carving technology is improving day by day. As a unique commodity, the related products are widely circulated in the market and have unique artistic charm.

Baihua stone carving is a traditional carving art based on Baihua stone from Daba Mountain, which is popular in Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province. The stone is as hard as iron and as delicate as skin. Local artists use its natural color and texture of red and white or green and white to carve and create a unique art of white flower stone carving. The art of stone carving has a long history in Guangyuan. From the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were many cave carvings and cliff statues in Guangyuan, and the remains still exist. Since the Qing Dynasty, white flower stone carving has been greatly developed, forming a carving art with local characteristics. It has deep carving, shallow carving, hollowing out and other carving techniques, often taking mountains and rivers, figures, flowers and birds, animals as the theme, and most of its products are practical products such as cigarette boxes, stationery, flower bowls, flower racks, stone screens and so on. White flower stone carvers are good at performing art according to their materials. They combine the natural beauty of stone with the subtle conception in their works, reflecting their exquisite craftsmanship and unique artistic features.