In 1869 (the eighth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty), Huangyan Xixiang was rich in bamboo, and there were many artists engaged in bamboo and wood products in the countryside. A highly skilled bamboo craftsman in Caiyang Village, Dongshan, makes bamboo baskets, bamboo trays and bamboo boxes very exquisitely. Before the products are sold, they are sent to Chen Yaochen's workshop and he is asked to carve patterns on the bamboo products, thus increasing the selling price. Inspired by this, Chen Yaochen collaborated with the master to split the bamboo springs out of the moso bamboo and make a palm-shaped palm fan with figures and landscapes carved on it. He called the palm fan "elegant fan" to express Unlike cattail fans, paper fans, and banana fans, the sales were quite good for a while. At the same time, Chen Yaochen also had a bamboo-carving couplet business, which was very popular. At that time, Sun Xi, the magistrate of Huangyan County, was good at calligraphy, and he also had the great calligrapher Zhao Zhiqian as his staff. When Sun Ying was overwhelmed with requests, he often asked Zhao to write for them. Sun Xi saw that Chen Yaochen was very good at carving, so he invited Chen Yaochen to carve bamboo couplets in his office. , paid 120 days a day. This kind of couplet is elegant and simple and very popular. The calligraphy bamboo couplets written by Zhao Zhiqian and carved by Chen Yaochen can still be seen in Huangyan today. At that time, two bamboo carving shops appeared in Huangyan City. One was Shizhu Guan run by Chen Yaochen and his son, and the other was named Zheng Yichang. The variety of spring carving handicrafts continued to increase, and products such as quill tubes, chaozhu boxes, and book boxes for use by officials at that time were successively produced. In this way, Chen Yaochen became the founder of Huangyan's bamboo carving.
In 1929, Huangyan's bamboo-carved couplets won the silver medal at the West Lake Exposition in Hangzhou.
After 1930, local artists began to produce bamboo yellow stamp boxes, photo frames and other products.
In 1933, he won a special award at the Nanjing National Arts and Crafts Exhibition. The sales of the back-turn spring were not strong, Shizhu Guan could barely maintain its operation, and Zheng Yichang closed down after several twists and turns. By the end of the 1940s, there were less than 10 bamboo carving artists in Huangyan.
In the early 1950s, the technical force with "Shizhu Hall" as the main body included seven people including Chen Shanlian, Chen Fangjun and his son, and the Fanhuangdian merged handicraft cooperative with Chen Baotong as one party. Later, it merged with the Engraving Society to form the "Huangyan Fanhuang Engraving Production Cooperative". In 1957, Chen Fangjun, an old reed artist, participated in the National Arts and Crafts Artists Representative Conference. From 1958 to the early 1960s, the Huangyan Engraving Production Cooperative prospered due to the active support of governments at all levels. On the basis of traditional line carving, we have created thin relief carvings with positive lines, and added various varieties such as square, hexagonal, round and flat special shapes, etc. Except for some products that are produced and sold by ourselves, most of the products are sold with the largest domestic manufacturers. The handicrafts dealer Shanghai Handicrafts Import and Export Company was linked to and distributed by it, and the production of flip springs became popular for a while.
The veteran artist Chen Fangjun devoted himself to research and skillfully transplanted traditional Chinese paintings and celebrity poems, paintings and seals onto the bamboo carvings, making the bamboo carvings even more elegant and unique. His palm fan "Relief Lady" and table screen "Shi Xiangyun Drunk Sleeping with Peony" won praise from peers and visitors across the province at the 1958 Zhejiang Arts and Crafts Exhibition, and in 1963 won the provincial " The title of "old spring carving artist". The number of people engaged in turning springs has increased from more than 50 to more than 90, the output value has increased to more than 40,000 yuan, and the varieties have grown from more than 10 to more than 30. At the 1964 Provincial Sculpture and Bamboo Weaving Observation Meeting, the works of Luo Qisong and other young people, "Three-fold Bamboo Screen" and "Screen Relief Figures" were awarded the second-class outstanding works award, and a batch of them were dissolved and corroded with nitric acid. It is an innovative work that uses carving, scraping, filling and other techniques to express the characteristics of ancient and modern themes. It has participated in several overseas exhibitions, making Huangyan Fanhuang Bamboo Sculpture reach a level of glory unprecedented in history. This led to a story between Guo Lao and Fanhuang. good story.
In May 1964, Mr. Guo Moruo, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, came to Huangyan to visit Huangyan's reed-turning bamboo carvings, and gave a very high evaluation: "Huangyan's reed-turning bamboo carvings use traditional Chinese painting techniques, combining painting techniques with sculptures. The knife skills are integrated into one, with pictures, inscriptions and seals, forming a poetic and picturesque handicraft. It is truly worthy of being one of the three major sculptures in Zhejiang." It also collects the "Autumn Wind" carved by the late veteran artist Chen Fangjun based on Tang Yin's works. "Wan Fan Picture", a palm fan, was later collected in the Shanghai Museum. In the same year, China Central Radio and Television made a special trip to Huangyan to film the entire process of the bamboo carving production process and broadcast it nationwide. But by the late 1970s, the rise of Western crafts led to the decline of Eastern crafts (bamboo carvings, etc.).
In 1998, with the support of Huangyan District Government, the production of Huangyan spring products was restored and developed greatly.
In 1998, Luo Qisong, a master of arts and crafts in Zhejiang Province who had been engaged in spring turning research, established the "Taizhou Huangyan Spring Turning Research Institute" and served as the director, leading several apprentices to learn the craft. With Luo Qisong's efforts, Huang Yan turned the spring and played a song of victory. In 1999, Huangyan's spring-turning products won the gold medal at the "Zhejiang Chinese Folk Art Works Exhibition". In 2005, they won the gold medal at the "6th China Arts and Crafts Masters and China Arts and Crafts Exhibition". In 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively Won the silver medal at the first, second, third and fourth National Hangzhou West Lake Expo, and was praised by relevant leaders at the expo.
In order to rescue, protect and develop the traditional craft of Huangyan bamboo carving, the cultural department of Huangyan District Government provided certain financial support to the arts and crafts artists participating in the first China Folk Crafts Expo in May 2004. , and rewarded the winning works, and also set up a special protection fund.
In May 2006, the Huanhuang Bamboo Sculpture Art Museum in Huangyan District, Taizhou City was established. Luo Qisong and Gu Qiwang became the two important Huanhuang bamboo carving artists in the museum. In 2007, the reed bamboo carving was included in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage protection lists in Huangyan District, Taizhou City and Zhejiang Province by the district government, municipal government and provincial government. In June 2008, it was announced by the State Council as one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage expansion projects.