Chinese contemporary jade carving craft genre
Chinese contemporary jade carving crafts, from the big genre, can be divided into two groups, the north is represented by Beijing, covering Liaoning, Tianjin, Hebei, some Henan, Xinjiang and other northern provinces and cities; the southern faction includes the Yangtze River and The southern region is divided into several tribes, including “Shanghai Workers†represented by Shanghai, “Suzhou Workers†represented by Suzhou, “Yangzhou Workers†represented by Yangzhou, and “Guangdong Workers†and “ Fujian workers." Some people also divided the Chinese jade carving into four major schools: the "North School", the "Yang School", the "Shanghai School" and the "South School". In recent years, various schools have enhanced exchanges, learned from each other and developed together, and constantly opened up a new situation in the development of Chinese jade carving technology. Beijing jade carving The jade industry is an industry with a relatively high status in the old Beijing. Its famous masters are very respected, and the artists are paid more and are respected as “Mr.â€. Today's Beijing jade carvings basically inherit the old traditions, influenced by the royal culture, and at the same time integrate the unconstrained style of the northern ethnic groups, forming a thick and calm, elegant atmosphere of Beijing jade carvings. Among the employees, the number of Chinese arts and crafts masters in Beijing Jade is the highest in the country. At present, there are 14 people, mostly teachers, few young and middle-aged, and lack of young and middle-aged leaders. Haipai jade carving Haipai jade carving is one of the four major schools of Chinese jade carving. It was formed in the late 10th and early 20th centuries and is a jade carving art style faction centered on Shanghai. At that time, there were more than 200 jade workshops and shops in Shanghai. More than 200 people were engaged in engraving professional work. They mainly produced sculptures such as Buddha statues, ladies and furnace bottles. The “Su†and “Yang†jade carvings followed the local traditional skills. In the 1930s, Shanghai jade carving ornaments have a high artistic level. The Jade Pearl Tower won the highest award at the Panama International Fair. The Jade Big Pagoda was long-term collection by the San Francisco Museum. After the 1960s, the Shanghai-style carving industry developed rapidly. At the end of the 1980s, there were more than 2,000 jade carvings in Shanghai, and there were more than 200 kinds of works. As the five kinds of sculptures of the Shanghai style, the vases, figures, statues, flowers, birds, beasts and natural bottles have begun to take shape. "The carving is exquisite, pay attention to the rules, strict styling, solemn and quaint", and "exquisite furnace utensils, vivid figures of birds and beasts", has become the main feature of the Haipai jade carving. Since the 1950s, his representative figures include "Heart Bottle Master" Sun Natural, Sun Tianyi, "Three Great Artists" Wei Zhengrong, "Inheritance and Innovation" by Zhou Shouhai, "Nan Yuyiwei" Liu Jisong and "Flying Beast King" Dong Tianji, etc. . The furnace bottleware is the most iconic creation of Haipai jade carving. In the 1990s, on the basis of the carving style of jade carving artists in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Haipai jade carvings not only blended the craftsmanship of Yang Bang, Su Bang, Nan Bang and Gong Jade carvings, but also inherited the essence of Chinese Ming and Qing jade carvings, and learned from others. "Up and down work, resulting in a large number of representative jade carving masters. At present, the most distinctive and traditional bottle and vessel utensils in the Haipai jade carvings are also dazzling. Song Mingfang, Dai Yongcai, Qi Huizhong, Li Yuhua, Jiang Daxiong, Zhong Jianlin and Han Yongnian created the Shanghai style bottleware, which is well known both at home and abroad for its "rules, symmetry and dignity". It is known as the "Seven Gentlemen". Yangzhou jade carving The jade texture used in Yangzhou jade carving is hard and dense, and the hand-carving technique is more complicated. The craftsmanship is characterized by honing, namely “ç¢çŽ‰â€ and “磨玉â€. The jade used in Yangzhou jade carving includes white jade, sapphire, jasper in Xinjiang, jade jade, agate, topaz in Liaoning, crystal in Jiangsu, green seedlings in Hubei, pine ear stones, southern jade in Guangdong and jade in Brazil, and jade in Myanmar. Afghan green gold, Canadian jasper and Japanese coral. Yangzhou jade is divided into six categories: bottle, character, flower and bird, beast, antique, and mountain carving. The variety is complete and the colors are numerous. Today's Yangzhou jade carvings are novel in composition, beautiful in shape and exquisite in workmanship. Among them, the "mountain carving" and "living live" skills are unique. The main descendants of Yangzhou jade carvings now include Huang Yongshun, Gu Yongjun, Jiao Yiming, Liu Yuhua, Li Xiaowei, Jiang Chunyuan, Xia Linbao, Wang Dehai and so on. Nanpai jade carving Due to the long-term influence of bamboo and wood carving crafts and Southeast Asian culture, the jade carvings in Guangdong and Fujian provinces are unique in the carvings of hollow sculptures, multi-layer jade balls and high-grade jade jewelry. They are full of style, echoing the spirit and exquisite craftsmanship, forming the art of “Southern Schoolâ€. style. Traditional jade carving theme Magpie: There is an ancient money in front of the magpie, "Happiness is in front of you"; magpie and three longan express "three yuan"; the sky is magpie, the underground is "happy"; two magpies mean double happiness; magpie and leopard together Announcement; magpie and lotus together symbolize the joy of Lianke. Bat: Because "bat" and "Fu" are homophonic, bats mean blessings and blessings. The five Fuhe Shouzi or Shoutao, which symbolizes the five blessings of life, together with the copper coins, symbolizes the blessings in front of them; together with the sunrise or the waves, the meaning of the blessings of the East China Sea; together with the Tianguan, the meaning of the blessings. 蟾èœ: “蟾†and “钱†are homophonic. The common èŸ¾èœ carving style is mouth money, meaning rich and rich. è‰: Because of its bright voice, it means a blockbuster. The ancients believed that wearing enamel ornaments could be well-known. 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