China has a long history and a splendid culture of 5,000 years. With the continuous replacement of each dynasty, the ancients not only left us many precious cultural relics with their own wisdom, but also left us ancient buildings with historical value, some of which could not even be bought with money. People can imagine how precious this is. In fact, these precious cultural relics play an important role in the development of our country. There are some good aspects in this, which are certainly worth learning from. Just like our traditional virtues and folk crafts, we should take its essence, discard its dross and inherit our history and culture.
Speaking of wood carving, I believe everyone knows something about it. In China, wood carving has a very long history. It is not only a work of art, but also a symbol of civilization and history. In fact, this can be found in real life. Generally speaking, people will choose leather sofas when buying sofas, because leather sofas are usually more comfortable than wooden sofas. These wooden furniture are usually used by wealthy families.
However, with the development of the times, woodcarving, a traditional craft, has been almost lost in China, which did not attract people's attention during that time. Until 2008, woodcarving technology was listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list, which also revived woodcarving. A few years ago, with the exhaustion of mahogany resources, players began to turn their attention to wood carving. Therefore, the price of root carvings has soared, and the emergence of various sky-high root carvings has also surprised everyone. In fact, the price of wooden furniture mainly depends on the materials and the skills of craftsmen. Only with superb skills can the root carvings in their hands be more valuable.
Most of the wood carving products are natural, and later, the fine processing by craftsmen according to the shape and specific conditions of wood carving can become very beautiful and high-quality works. However, not everyone can do it, which requires a lot of opponents' artists. And they also have strong endurance and physical strength. If something goes wrong in one place, their whole work will be greatly affected.
Guilin, Guangxi is famous for its "five hundred arhats with black wood carvings". During this period, Guilin produced five lions. There is also an eagle 10 meter long, worth millions. This situation is normal in the local area. In the year with the best market price, there were thousands of craftsmen engaged in root carving in Guilin. Among them, the dragon from the sea, a powerful craftsman, is one of them. He can do it so well. It is largely because he 15 years old began to learn root carving.
At that time, he earned his first bucket of gold by this craft. After that, a root carving factory was opened on 20 17, mainly carving some Buddha statues. And rely on their own strength to become a local minor celebrity. Unfortunately, in the process of starting his own business, the market cooled down, and the mahogany brought from other places was snapped up after processing. Few people will ask now, many works can't find buyers.
Faced with such difficulties, the rich businessman offered 6.5438+0 million yuan, and he decided to fight for it. At this time, he thought of carving a representative work. At that time, he was still full of confidence in his technology. Finally, he spent 500,000 yuan to buy a complete ebony, and spent two or three years carving 500 arhats to build a small "Longmen Grottoes". Since then, he has been immersed in sculpture. After the first year, he has finished 1/3. Because of its low popularity in the local area, it has also attracted many collectors to visit.
One of the visitors is a wealthy businessman. He wrote a million-dollar ticket, wanted to order this work, and paid a deposit of tens of thousands of dollars. According to the previous market situation, it would be a loss to sell 500,000 and three-year-old works for 6.5438+0 million, and the current market situation is not good, so Long Conghai agreed. What he didn't expect was that the rich businessman suddenly broke the contract and didn't even want the deposit.
Faced with such a situation, the woodcarving suddenly rotted in his hands, and he felt very helpless, but he did not blame the customer for it, because the root carving market at that time was linear. Blind, buyers dare not take risks, so the dragon went into the sea and made some coffee tables to make a living. At other times, he continued to carve 500 arhats, even though his hands were rotten. It is because the raw materials have been stored in the warehouse for a long time that even mushrooms have grown. This precious root carving turned into rotten wood overnight.
The reason for this phenomenon is mainly due to excessive publicity. It was originally a traditional skill with great ornamental value. Just because it was hyped by some businesses, the price became abnormal. Therefore, many people will follow suit, leading to unreasonable consumption in the market. As long as this heat wave passes, the market will collapse immediately! The most unfortunate thing is that these craftsmen live by craft. Anyway, I hope these root carving powders can create more works of artistic value in this depressed era.
Although this work by Long Conghai was not sold, it eventually became rotten wood! But there is no doubt that his skills are superb. The spirit in him. Even if this work no longer has a market. In the process of completing this work, he must also stick to his inner thoughts. No matter what difficulties he encounters, he can face them calmly and have confidence in himself, which is worth learning from all of us. In any case, we all hope that the traditional wood carving art in China can continue to be passed down.