Nuclear carving (Weifang nuclear carving)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: nuclear carving (Weifang nuclear carving)

Applicant: Weifang City, Shandong Province

Project No.: 835

Project No.: Ⅶ - 59

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Shandong Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Weifang City, Shandong Province

Protection unit: Weifang Cultural Center (Weifang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center)

Introduction to nuclear carving (Weifang nuclear carving)

Applicant: Weifang City, Shandong Province

Nuclear carving is a traditional folk craft of carving walnut shell and various kinds of core, which has been popular in North and South China for a long time. As early as the Neolithic age, China's carving technology has made great achievements, and nuclear carving is the further development of this technology. According to the description of the nuclear boat in the late Ming Dynasty, the nuclear carving technique has reached a very high level in the Ming Dynasty. Taking walnut shell, peach kernel, olive kernel, apricot kernel, cherry kernel and some other dense fruit kernels as raw materials, nuclear carving uses the natural shape and ups and downs of walnut shell or kernel, carving, carving, filing, chiseling, drilling and other techniques to carve various characters, flowers and birds, animals and insects, landscapes, boats, pavilions, etc. Folk nuclear carvings are often carved all over the body, with systematic layout, careful and rigorous, smooth and neat knife technique, vivid and subtle image, and no trace of carving. It can be said that the body is exquisite and superb, so as to win the reputation of "ghost Craftsmanship". The art of nuclear carving in Jiangsu, Shandong and Guangdong has formed a certain tradition in the process of long-term spread. The nuclear carving works have their own characteristics and have always been loved by the world.

Weifang nuclear carving is a traditional carving art popular in Weifang Area of Shandong Province. It takes peach stones as the main material, and its development history can be traced back to the late Qing Dynasty. Weifang nuclear carving is inherited from Weinan, the capital of Du's nuclear carving family, and its son, Du langui. The local ancient custom of advocating peach wood strongly promotes the inheritance and development of this folk art. Du's nuclear carving has a rigorous layout, delicate knife technique and vivid image, showing a broad atmosphere of accepting all things in the world. It has a distinctive style and wide social influence. There are many kinds of Weifang nuclear carvings, such as pendants, pendants, rosary beads, earrings, bracelets, buttons, seals, etc. In addition, Weifang nuclear carving is also combined with folk customs, which has profound cultural connotation and extensive social significance. It has become an important reference object of folklore and Shandong local historical and cultural research. It is difficult to master the nuclear carving skill without hard work, and it is not easy to produce results in a short period of time. Few people can insist on learning. Therefore, the nuclear carving skill in Weifang is on the verge of being lost and needs to be protected and inherited.