China has a long history of 5,000 years and splendid culture. With the continuous replacement of each dynasty and generation, 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 exchanged with money. You can imagine how precious this is. In fact, these precious cultural relics play a vital role in the development of our country. Of course, some good aspects are worth learning from, just like the traditional virtues of our country and the handicrafts handed down by the people, we should take the essence and discard the dross, and continue to carry forward and inherit our history and culture.

Woodcarving crafts with a long history

Speaking of wood carving, I believe everyone has a certain understanding. Wood carving has a long history in China. It is not only a work of art, but also a symbol of historical civilization. In fact, this can be found in real life. Generally, most people choose leather sofas when buying sofas, because leather sofas are often more comfortable than wooden sofas. Usually, wealthy families use these wooden furniture.

It's just that with the growth of time, the traditional craft of wood carving has almost disappeared in our country, and it was not taken seriously by everyone during that time. It was not until 2008 that the woodcarving skills were listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list that the woodcarving was reborn. A few years ago, with the exhaustion of mahogany resources, players turned their attention to root carving. To this end, the price of root carvings has also skyrocketed, and the emergence of various sky-high root carvings has also made everyone dizzying. In fact, the price of wooden furniture mainly depends on the materials and the skills of craftsmen. Only when they have superb skills can the root carving in their hands become very valuable.

Most of the finished wood carvings are natural, and only after the craftsmen carefully carve them according to the shape and specific conditions in the later period can they become very beautiful and high-quality works. But not everyone can do it. This rival artist is extremely demanding. And they also have strong endurance and physical strength. If they make a mistake in one place, their whole work will certainly be greatly affected.

Carve 500 arhats with ebony.

The giant root carving in Guilin, Guangxi is very famous. During that time, a 5-meter-high lion appeared in Guilin. The eagle with a length of 10m is worth millions, which is normal in the local area. In the best years, there were thousands of craftsmen engaged in root carving in Guilin. Among these people, the powerful craftsman Long Conghai is one of them. He can have such a good craft. Mainly because he/kloc-started to learn root carving at the age of 0/5.

At that time, he also earned his first bucket of gold with this skill. Later, I opened my own root carving factory on 20 17, mainly carving some Buddha statues. And rely on your own strength. Be famous in the local area. Unfortunately, however, when he started his business, he met a cooling market. The mahogany pulled from other places was snapped up after processing. Few people will ask now, many works can't find buyers. They are all rotten.

The rich businessman offered 1 10,000 and then broke the contract.

Faced with such difficulties, he decided to fight for it. At that time, he wanted to carve a representative work. At that time, he was still very confident in his technology. In the end, he spent 500,000 yuan to buy a complete giant ebony, and spent two or three years carving 500 arhats to create a small "Longmen Grottoes". Since then, he has been immersed in this carving work. After the first year, he has finished 1/3. Because of its local fame, it has attracted many collectors to visit.

Among the visitors, a wealthy businessman offered 6.5438+0 million yuan, wanted to order this work, and paid tens of thousands of deposits. According to the previous market situation, it is definitely a loss to sell 500,000 yuan of three-year-old works at a price of 6.5438+0 million yuan. The market is not very good now, so Long agreed from the sea. To his surprise, the rich businessman suddenly broke the contract and even didn't want the deposit.

The woodcarving is rotten in your hand.

Faced with such a situation, he felt helpless, but he didn't blame the customer for it, because the root carving market at that time was a straight line. Nonsense, buyers dare not take such risks, so the dragon from the sea will make some coffee tables to maintain his life. At other times, he will continue to carve 500 arhats, even if it is rotten in his hand, he will finish carving. It's just that the materials have been in the warehouse for a long time, and even mushrooms have grown. This expensive root carving turned into rotten wood overnight.

The reason why this happens is mainly because of excessive hype. Originally, root carving was a traditional skill with strong ornamental value. Just because it was hyped by some businesses, the price became very deformed. Because of this, many people will follow suit, leading to unreasonable consumption in the market. As long as this heat passes, the market will collapse immediately! The most unfortunate thing is that these craftsmen live by craft. In any case, I hope these root carving wet powders can survive this downturn and create more works of art.

When your hopes fail one by one, you should be firm and calm! -Longfellow

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Although this work by Long Conghai was not sold, it eventually turned into rotten wood! But there is no doubt that his skills are superb. In addition, it is the spirit of him. Even if this work can't be sold. He still has to stick to his inner thoughts and finish this work. No matter what difficulties he encounters, he can face them calmly and have confidence in himself, which is worth learning from each of us. Anyway, I hope China's traditional woodcarving skills can continue to be passed down.

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