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Nuclear carving is a unique folk art. It uses its shape characteristics or ups and downs to carve out various figures, animals, mountains
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water, buildings, platforms, pavilions, pavilions, etc. on plant fruit cores. The raw materials for pit carving include walnuts, peach pits, olive pits, ivory pits, apricot pits, cherry pits, etc. The best one is the olive pit, which is only as big as a finger. One can imagine the difficulty of carving on such a small olive pit. Precisely because of the high difficulty of its operation, the skill of nuclear carving is rarely passed down from generation to generation.
b The origin of fruit pit carving remains to be verified. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, my country's large-scale sculpture art did not develop significantly, but the decorative production of small sculptures and handicrafts was vigorous and creative. Among them, peach pit, apricot pit carving and olive pit carving are quite distinctive varieties. The conception and carving of their works have reached a very high level of craftsmanship and artistic realm. They are called micro-carving magic skills and artistic wonders. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, this kind of micro-carving art of core carving was a masterpiece. At that time, it was popular among officials and merchants in the capital and Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas to appreciate antiques and treasures such as bamboo and wood ivory carvings. The exquisite and exquisite core carving art was one of the popular items that people collected at that time. one. According to historical records and cultural relic research, fruit pit carving has reached a high artistic level in the Ming Dynasty. During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Baiyan carved a child on an olive pit. Each child was only half a grain of rice in size and had clear features. The most famous stone sculptor in the Ming Dynasty was Wang Yi (also known as Shuyuan, originally from Pingshan) in Yushan, Jiangsu (now Changshu) during the Tianqi period. The Red Cliff Boat he created in the second year of Tianqi is a treasure in the history of stone carving. The boat is about 3 centimeters () long and about 1.5 inches high. It has a cabin in the middle, which is covered with a canopy. There are small windows on the side, and the left and right fans can be opened and closed. On the carved railing next to the window, there is an engraving on the right that the mountain is high, the moon is small, and the water is coming out, and on the left it is engraving that the breeze is coming slowly, and the water is calm. The bow of the ship is engraved with Su Dongpo and his friends Huang Luzhi and Buddhist monk Foyin. Among them, Su Dongpo and Huang Luchi were holding a book to read together. Monk Foyin was like Maitreya, with his bare chest and breasts exposed, and his left arm hanging rosary beads, with countless rosary beads clearly visible. There is a horizontal and vertical bracket on the stern of the boat, and a boatman is carved on the left and right sides of the bracket. The inscription on the back of the boat reads: In the autumn of Renxu, Uncle Wang Yi of Yushan was carved from afar. The handwriting is as thin as a mosquito's feet, and the seal seal is written by Pingshan people. This stone boat became a model for later famous stone carving craftsmen to follow. "Dong Slope Red Cliff Rafting Picture" pushed the art of nuclear sculpture to the peak of history. Wei Xueyi, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, wrote an article "The Story of Nuclear Boat" to record the incident in detail. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, "The Story of the Nuclear Boat" was included in middle school textbooks, and the Nuclear Boat became famous throughout China. Yixing sculptor Qiu Shan specializes in walnut stone carving, and his themes are mostly Su Dongpo's trip to Red Cliff, fisherman's house, basket of flowers, landscapes, etc. In the Qing Dynasty, the artistic level of fruit stone carving was further improved, with Jiangsu as the traditional production area. During the Kangxi period, Suzhou Jin Lao (name unknown), Jiading Feng Xilu, and Suzhou Du Shiyuan and Shen Junyu during the Qianlong period were all famous fruit stone carvers. Feng Xilu's olive stone carving "Caoqiao Jingmeng", the houses, characters, etc. are arranged appropriately in the composition, and combined with the sparse willows hiding crows and the Chaimen crouching dogs, it fully expresses the rural night scene. Shen Junyu's olive stone sculpture is an old man with a hunchback, wearing a brown hat, a beard, and patches on the shoulders of his clothes. He is holding a fan with poems engraved on it. He carved a macaque with a red bayberry stone, with beautiful features, according to "Jin Yu Trivial" records , some artists carve peach stones and string them together to form a rosary. Each rosary is engraved with three Arhats, with different postures and no identical faces. In addition, during the Jiaqing and Daoguang years, Fang Jianshao, a famous fruit stone carving craftsman from Xiapu, Fujian Province, created the Dongpo Tour of Red Cliff. The canopy windows are propped up, the rivers and willows are shaded, and the figures in the boat and the side oars are meticulously depicted.
b Since ancient times, there have been countless celebrities who have played with nuclear weapons, from the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties to princes and ministers, from wealthy businessmen to the three religions and nine schools. Nuclear eagles have a strong preference. They use small nuclear carvings as pendants hanging under their belts, fans or embroidered bags, as decorations and embellishments, and on the one hand they can also be enjoyed. Later, starting from the mid-Qing Dynasty, stone carvings were not only used as decorations and embellishments for pendants. Many olive stone and walnut stone carvings were specially made for literati or wealthy children to touch and play with. Various flower boats carved with olive stones can also be equipped with hollow-carved ivory and mahogany stands and displayed on miniature archaeological shelves for appreciation. The value of fruit stone carvings has also continued to increase, and they have gradually transformed from toys into handicrafts that have multiple functions such as collection, appreciation, appreciation, and fitness. Nuclear carving has amazed and fascinated countless collectors and players with its unique artistic charm, and its market has always been promising. This has also inspired the creative enthusiasm and talents of ingenious artists. Today's core carving inherits the exquisite traditional skills of the predecessors, while incorporating the content and techniques of the new era, pushing this ancient and magical folk art to another peak. In the past, most of the nuclear boats that people knew about represented ancient figures. The nuclear boat Nanhu Red Boat sculpted by Yang Hongwu, a master of arts and crafts in Hebei Province, introduced portraiture characters into the creation of nuclear boats, realistically depicting the Party's leadership
b The great representative shows the great initiative of the sun rising in the east and opening up the world. It should be regarded as a unique one. It not only applies the past to the present, but also introduces the old and brings out the new, giving new connotation to the ancient nuclear boat art. Nuclear Boat Nanhu Red Boat, made of olive stone, was created by Mr. Yang Hongwu in March 2018 and donated to the China Maritime Museum on March 20, 2018. It is reported that the nuclear sculptures donated by Yang Hongwu this time include, in addition to "Red Boat in South Lake", two works, "The Queen of Heaven" and "Zheng Chenggong Misses His Hometown".
b As long as the sculptor has exquisite carving skills, the theme of creation is in line with the taste of contemporary appreciation and collectors, and has a certain degree of novelty and taste, such exquisite and exquisite miniature handicrafts such as core carving will last forever. Favored and cherished.
b The main tools for stone carving are files, chisels and drills. Files include hair files, light files, and round files. There are two types of chisels: square chisels and round chisels. The process of carving the fruit core is: ① Use a hair file and a light file to perform preliminary processing of the fruit core. ②Consider the design and draw the pattern on the fruit core. ③Use a round file to roughen according to the drawing to create a rough shape. ④ Use a chisel to carve details, and use a small square chisel to carve the character's eyebrows and eyes, and a small round chisel to carve the mouth. ⑤ Polish and wax. Finally, drill holes and string them together to form rosary beads, or attach them to a base as an appreciation item.

<- Coal fine carving
b Produced in Fushun, Liaoning Province, it was founded approximately during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. It is made of local open-pit coal essence and has the characteristics of fine texture and high toughness. The style is simple, natural, rich and bold.

<- Coconut carving
b is a famous handicraft in Guangdong and Hainan Island. It is said that it began in the Tang Dynasty. The initial coconut carving crafts were relatively crude, mainly clear shell products without decoration, and their shapes were mostly based on the natural shape of coconut shells. The big one is like a bowl, the small one is like a cup, white is the most precious. Nowadays, coconut carvings have been developed into many varieties such as tableware, tea sets, wine sets, etc. They are both practical and beautiful, making them great home furnishings and gifts for relatives and friends. It has line carving techniques: a carving knife is used to carve lines on the coconut shell, and the recessed lines are painted with gold to highlight the pattern. Inlaid with shells: it uses the unique luminous snails of Hainan Island to illuminate under different lights. , giving people a sense of grandeur. Cut palm: There are reddish brown hairs on the coconut shell, which are very fine. They are cut into various patterns with a simple and rough artistic style. There are also relief and carving techniques.

<- Carved gourd
b is a traditional handicraft from Lanzhou, Gansu Province, which began to spread among the people in the Qing Dynasty. These gourds are carefully cultivated. They are as big as eggs and as small as abacus beads. Their skins are delicate and smooth. When they are mature and picked, they are scraped, dried, and polished to make them look very bright and round. Artists then design on the gourds and use various needle and knife techniques to depict landscapes, characters, flowers, plants, birds and animals, etc. Some gourds have carved openings, some are equipped with covers and bases, and some are suspended in the air. As a unique tourist handicraft in Lanzhou area, it is very popular among people.