The earliest root carving that modern people can see is 1982, the late Warring States period unearthed in Jingzhou, Hubei Province? Ward off evil spirits? There are also horns (quadruped monsters in the shape of tiger head, dragon body and rabbit tail), although this may not be the case at that time? Developed? But for the totem ancient China, can you still make an item? Made in China? The myth of.
Nanqi, did Qi Gaozu give it to the hermit monk? Ruyi? At the same time, some practical products, furnishings and furniture appeared.
Han Yu in the Tang Dynasty also wrote a description? Root carving figures? Poetry; During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, root carving works not only appeared in the court, but also entered the folk. Some painters use root carving works as their creative material (really common), and many of the arrangements painted in Bai Le Guqin pictures are root carving works; In the Ming dynasty, root carving works had more unique artistic characteristics; A large number of root carving artists emerged in Qing dynasty, which made the creation of root carving develop to a new stage. They inherited the tradition of woodcarving art and created many excellent root art works. Up to now, many Qing Dynasty root carving treasures are still collected in the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Summer Palace and Shanghai Yuyuan Garden, and "Yulinglong Kirin" and "Phoenix" are even displayed in Shanghai Yuyuan Garden.
These works are "three points artificial and seven points natural", which shows the charm of root art works in a glance. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, root art has also reached a period of vigorous development. And more than 40 root art groups have been developed throughout the country. Especially in Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces, the number of root carving art manufacturers is increasing, the production of root carving art has formed a certain scale, and the level of root carving art creation has reached a new peak.
People who create root art are masters of the country, each of them is a perfect work, and they are all painstaking works.