Jade carving (Shanghai style jade carving)

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

Applicant: Shanghai

Project No.: 833

Project No.: Ⅶ - 57

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Shanghai

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Shanghai

Protection unit: Shanghai jade carving Culture Association

Introduction to jade carving (Shanghai style jade carving)

Applicant: Shanghai

Shanghai style jade carving is another name for Shanghai jade carving. It was founded in 1843 of the Qing Dynasty. Together with the "north school", "Yang School" and "south school", it has become the four major schools of Chinese jade carving.

Shanghai style jade carving has fully inherited the craft tradition of Chinese jade carving in terms of crafts, tools, materials and techniques, and has left a large number of exquisite jade carvings in history. Shanghai style jade carving inherits the ancient Chinese jade making skills, adapts to the characteristics of different periods and products, and gradually forms the cultural characteristics of Shanghai style jade carving. In the production, the first to conduct a comprehensive observation and analysis of the material, also known as "phase jade.". The third is the color, material, defect and situation of the trial. Then according to the basic situation of the "examination", the design is carried out, and the draft and basic form are drawn according to the conceived image. Carving is the main step of jade carving. The surface of jade is cleaned up, rough draft is described, thallium is cut, the whole is divided, flat bottom is positioned, detail is divided, fine draft is described, detail is polished, and fine decoration is carried out. Finally, the finished jade is polished. Representatives of Shanghai style jade carving techniques include yuan Derong, Gu Xianchi, sun Tianyi, Liu Jisong, Xiao Haichun, Guan Shengchun and Han Guowei, as well as Liu Zhongrong, Ni Weibin, Hong Xinhua, Yu Jing, Yi Shaoyong and Zhai NianWei.

Shanghai style jade carving has high artistic value, commemorative value and collection value. It is an important part of Chinese traditional jade carving. Due to the high requirements of the process, it has been faced with the dilemma of no successor.