Woodblock watermark technology

Chinese national intangible cultural heritage Name: woodblock watermark technology

Applicant: Shanghai calligraphy and painting Publishing House

Project No.: 427

Project No.: VIII - 77

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Shanghai

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Shanghai calligraphy and painting Publishing House

Protection unit: Shanghai duoyunxuan Group Co., Ltd

Introduction to woodblock watermark technology:

Applicant: Shanghai calligraphy and painting Publishing House

The traditional woodblock watermark technique of "carving image on wood, printing plain paper" originated from the ancient woodblock printing in China and is an important part of Chinese traditional culture. As early as the Tang Dynasty, woodblock watermark technology has been quite mature. Since the song and Yuan Dynasties, woodblock watermark illustrations have been popular in books, and after the Ming Dynasty, this trend has flourished. At the end of Ming Dynasty, the complex overprinting techniques such as "fan plate" and "Gong Hua" were widely used, and the woodblock watermark technology made great progress. This technique was then widely spread among the people. It was used to print Pu Jian and folk New Year pictures, and became a unique traditional painting reproduction and printing technique in China.

Since its establishment in 1900, Shanghai duoyunxuan has inherited the traditional technique of woodblock watermark. After more than 100 years of production, research and development, duoyunxuan woodblock watermark has become a comprehensive painting, engraving and printing re creative art. Its woodblock watermark works are exquisitely made, with exquisite materials, style, ink and charm The style characteristics of Xiurun. The silk version is delicate and elegant, and the paper version is ancient and elegant. It is listed as the two major schools of Chinese woodblock watermark along with rongbaozhai woodblock watermark, known as "South Flower and North glory".

Duoyunxuan woodblock watermark inherits not only a traditional skill, but also an excellent culture. The woodblock watermark works are lifelike and can hardly be true. It provides convenience for people to study, appreciate and collect the excellent works of calligraphy and painting of the past dynasties, and has unique artistic and cultural research value.