product name: Qingtian stone carving
product origin: Lishui
product features: colorful, exquisitely carved, crystal clear as jade, with unique artistic effect
product description: Qingtian stone, known as "pyrophyllite" in geology, is a kind of high-temperature resistant mineral. Not all pyrophyllite can be used for carving, but the best pyrophyllite can be used for carving, which accounts for less than 1% of the total. Qingtian stone is rich in color, smooth in luster, delicate in texture, moderate in hardness and strong in carving. The works made of Qingtian stone carvings are colorful, exquisitely carved, crystal clear as jade, and have unique artistic effects. The molecular structure of Qingtian quartz clock is uniform and fine, and the carved lines can be fine to the hair without breaking, so as to make a seal. The cutting tool is neat and smooth during seal cutting, and the seal will not damage the edge for a long time, so that the printing oil is not easy to penetrate into the printing body.
product history: Qingtian stone carving is a work of art carved from Qingtian stone. It is loved by people for its beautiful shape and exquisite skills, and it is a work of art carved from stone as a material. It has won people's love with its beautiful shape and exquisite skills, and it has been hailed as "embroidery on a stone", which is amazing.
Qingtian stone carving is a bright pearl in the treasure house of traditional stone carving art in China with a long history. The earliest work that can be seen now is the unearthed cultural relic treasured in Zhejiang Museum-Qingtian Stone Carved Sleeping Pig used in the Six Dynasties. The lines of the works are concise, the modeling is simple, the form and spirit are both combined, and the Han and Wei styles can be seen in art.
Qingtian stone carving developed greatly in the Tang and Song Dynasties. From the sculpture of Qingtian stone carving Buddha in the Five Dynasties Wu Yueguo period found in Longquan Twin Towers, it shows that the theme and technique of Qingtian stone carving in Tang Dynasty have made a breakthrough. By the Song Dynasty, Qingtian stone carving had absorbed the craftwork of "skillful jade", used the skills of "modeling according to the situation" and "ingenious by color", and brought into play the advantages of Qingtian stone's own stone color, quality and sculptability, thus creating a precedent of "multi-level carving" technique. Multi-level carving is a major feature of Qingtian stone carving. Delicate description and complicated treatment are difficult for any jade carving.
In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Qingtian Stone was applied to seal seal cutting by Zhao Ziang, Wen Peng and other literati, which broadened the art category of stone carving.
in the Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China, Qingtian stone carving was repeatedly selected as a tribute as a famous product in the south of the Yangtze river. Ministers made a set (6 pieces) of "Bao Dian Fu Shu" seals with Qingtian stone carvings as a birthday present (now in the Palace Museum in Beijing) during the 8th Longevity Festival. With the opening of ocean trade, Qingtian stone carvings are exported to Britain, the United States and France, and have participated in many international competitions such as the Paris Games, the Panama Pacific Games and the St. Louis Fair in the United States. In the second year of Xuantong, Qingtian Stone Carving won the silver medal at the Nanyang Persuasion Meeting held in Nanjing.
After the founding of New China, Qingtian stone carving has developed rapidly. At present, there are more than 1, stone carving employees, with an annual output value of several hundred million yuan. Their works are exported to more than 4 countries and regions, enjoying a good reputation at home and abroad.
Qingtian stone carving has a strong technical force, with more than 1 artists with middle and senior professional titles and a large number of young and middle-aged stone carving artists with their own artistic characteristics. Their works have high artistic and economic value, and their masterpieces are collected by many collection units and people of insight at home and abroad. Qingtian stone carving has been selected as a national gift for foreign leaders many times.