"Yangchun Root Carving", as one of the first provincial intangible cultural heritage projects in Guangdong Province, is a folk art with a long history. Yangchun city, located in the southwest of Guangdong, belongs to karst landform, with many plants and lush trees, which provides rich material resources for the art of root carving. The sun in the desert is like spring all the year round, which coincides with the creative conditions of the root carving art at the right time and place. Ingenious root carving enthusiasts constantly conceive ideas and create a batch of excellent carving crafts.
as early as the song and yuan dynasties, the art of root carving was not only popular in the court and folk, but also appeared in grottoes and temples. In some grottoes and temples in China, the root-carved Buddha statues are still preserved. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, the skill of root carving was approaching maturity. Root artists not only used wood and bamboo roots to create decorations for people to appreciate, but also carved furniture and other daily practical products with practical value, which provided people with a lot of convenience.
In the afternoon, members of the group visited all the way, and found a sculpture workshop called Zuishizhai. Indoor handicrafts are unique in display and rich in content, and an ingenious root carving works stands out against the fluorescent lamp. According to Liu Wenshu, the owner of the room, every work, from an unremarkable piece of rotten wood to a beautiful handicraft, needs the creator to constantly conceive and measure it repeatedly. Liu Wenshu has devoted himself to the art of root carving for more than 5 years. He is good at drawing lessons from the experience of his predecessors and has always sought truth, simplicity and detail, forming his own unique artistic style.
beauty lies in nature. Form lies in similarity and dissimilarity. Most of these verve root carving arts originated from litchi roots, which have been buried underground for hundreds of years and grow along the terrain, collecting the aura of heaven and earth, and can be described as the "treasure" of Yangchun under the ingenious work of nature. The variety and flexibility of the roots, combined with the rigidity and softness of calligraphy, form an exquisite root book work, uphold the artistic concept of passing on from generation to generation, and reach the highest level of art steadily.
root carving is not only a traditional art, but also an extension of culture. This visit and investigation has profoundly influenced the significance of intangible cultural heritage. By understanding the artistic value of root carving creation, we can arouse the historical memory of root carving culture, arouse people's sense of struggle to build beautiful countryside together, and let the intangible culture shine in the long river of history.