Jade carving (Beijing jade carving)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: jade carving (Beijing jade carving)

Applicant: Beijing Jade Factory

Project No.: 833

Project No.: Ⅶ - 57

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Beijing

Type: new item

Applicant: Beijing Jade Factory

Protection unit: Beijing Jade Factory Co., Ltd

Introduction to jade carving (Beijing jade carving)

Applicant: Beijing Jade Factory

Beijing jade carving, also known as "Beijing Jade", is a kind of jade carving skill which is popular in Beijing. It rose in the Yuan Dynasty, the ancestor of Quanzhen Taoist Qiu Chuji. In the Ming Dynasty, jade works were set up under the imperial court's supervision, which gathered the national jade masters. As a result, the palace jade carving industry in Beijing flourished. Playing with jade was popular in Beijing in the Qing Dynasty, and jade carving reached a historical peak. After 1911, the folk jade carving industry in Beijing has been flourishing day by day, with the emergence of Pan Bingheng, Liu Deying, he Rong, Wang Shusen and other famous artists with outstanding talents and amazing skills, bringing Beijing jade carving into a new historical stage. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the jade carving industry in Beijing has developed rapidly, reaching a scale of several thousand people. Talents gathered and skills competed for novelty. During this period, the four national jadeite treasures "Daiyue spectacle", "Hanxiang Jurui", "Sihai Huanteng" and "Qunfang range Rover" were produced with exquisite craftsmanship, showing a very high artistic level, and were praised by the State Council.

Beijing jade carving is known as "exquisite craftsmanship and solid materials". It inherits the traditional craftsmanship of court jade carving. It is exquisite in materials and has a complete range of products. It can produce utensils, figures, flowers, birds and animals, bonsai, jewelry and other products. Beijing jade carving techniques include material matching, material cleaning, material cutting, design, grinding, polishing and other aspects. The modeling is vigorous, heavy, dignified and elegant, and the decoration is exquisite, bright and simple, reflecting the superb level of technology. Since the 1980s, due to the shortage of funds and the shortage of talents, the characteristic varieties and skills of Beijing jade carving have been constantly losing, so it is urgent to rescue and protect them.