Material selection of Zhu Jin woodcarving
The subject matter of Zhu Jin woodcarving in Ningbo is mostly taken from the postures and costumes of Peking Opera figures, which is called "Beijing Style". It is said that before 100 years ago, there was a master in Ningbo, Xu Youzhao, who could carve various figures as big as a foot and as small as an inch. Every time I come back from the Chenghuang Temple, the skeletons of the characters in the play are ready. The composition mode of Peking Opera adopts a subjective view, which puts the close shot, the middle shot and the long shot on the same plane. The foreground does not block the background, and it is full and orderly. In the expression technique, the folk expression technique of "a warrior has no neck, a beautiful woman has no shoulders, an old man has a belly, and a warrior has a chest" is adopted, which makes the traditional golden woodcarving interesting and fascinating.