Historical Development of Spring Bamboo Carving in Huangyan

From 65438 to 0869 (eight years of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty), Xixiang in Huangyan was rich in bamboo, and there were also many artists engaged in bamboo products in rural areas. A master of bamboo art in Caiyang Village, Dongshan, made bamboo baskets, bamboo boards and bamboo boxes with exquisite craftsmanship. Before the products were sold, they were sent to Chen's workshop and asked to carve patterns on bamboo products, which greatly increased the price. Inspired by this, Chen cooperated with the master to split the bamboo spring from the bamboo, made it into a palm-shaped palm fan, carved with landscapes of people, and called it "elegant fan" to show that it was different from cattail fan, paper fan and banana fan, and it sold well for a while. At the same time, Chen is also engaged in the business of bamboo carving couplets, which is very popular. At that time, the calligraphy of Huangyan county magistrate was very good, and the great calligrapher Zhao was the aide. When Sun is overwhelmed, he often asks Zhao to write for him. When he saw that Chen had high carving skills, he invited the official's son to carve bamboo couplets, and paid 120 cymbals a day. This kind of couplet is elegant and simple, and it is very popular. Calligraphy bamboo couplets written by Zhao and carved by Chen can still be seen in Huangyan. At that time, there were two bamboo carving shops in Huangyan Chengguan, one was Shizhu Pavilion operated by Chen and his son, and the other was Zheng Yichang. There are more and more varieties of carving crafts with flip springs, and products such as feather tubes, pearl boxes and book boxes used by officials at that time have come out one after another. In this way, Chen became the founder of Shuang Ye Bamboo Carving in Huangyan.

1929, Huangyan bamboo carving couplets won the silver prize of Hangzhou West Lake Expo.

After 1930, local artists began to make bamboo stamp boxes, photo frames and other products.

1933 won the special prize of Nanjing National Arts and Crafts Exhibition. The back flip spring sales were not prosperous, the Shizhu Pavilion barely maintained, and Zheng Yichang closed down after several twists and turns. By the end of 1940s, there were less than 65,438+00 bamboo carving artists in Huangyan.

In the early 1950s, the technical force with "Shizhu Pavilion" as the main body included seven people, including Chen Shanlian and Chen's father and son, and Zhechunpu merged the handicraft society with Chen as the party. Later, it merged with the lettering society and established the "Huangyan Fanchun lettering production cooperative". 1957, Chen, an old artist who has turned over the spring, attended the national arts and crafts work conference. 1958 to the early 1960s, with the active support of governments at all levels, the cause of Huangyan lettering production cooperatives was flourishing. On the basis of traditional line carving, thin reliefs with male patterns have been created, and various varieties such as square, hexagonal, round and flat abnormity have been added. Except for some products produced and sold by ourselves, most of the products are linked with Shanghai Arts and Crafts Import and Export Corporation, the largest arts and crafts distributor in China, and the production of flip springs has become a common practice for a while.

Chen, an old artist, devoted himself to studying and skillfully transplanted Chinese paintings, famous poems, famous paintings and seal cutting into the jumping bamboo carving, making the jumping bamboo carving more elegant and chic. His palm fan "Lady in Relief" and the platform screen "The Peony Picture of Shi Xiangyun Drunk Sleeping" won unanimous praise from peers and audiences at 1958 Zhejiang Arts and Crafts Exhibition, and won the title of "Old Artist of Spring Carving" at the provincial level at 1963. The number of people engaged in double reed has increased from more than 50 to more than 90, the output value has risen to more than 40 thousand yuan, and the variety has developed from 10 to more than 30. 1964 Luo and other young people's works "Three Stacks of Bamboo Terraces" and "Screen Relief Figures" won the second prize for outstanding works, and a group of innovative works which were corroded by nitric acid and combined with carving, scraping and filling techniques to express their respective characteristics of ancient and modern themes participated in overseas exhibitions for many times, making Huangyan double-reed bamboo carving achieve unprecedented glory in history, and

1In May, 964, Mr. Guo Moruo, President of China Academy of Sciences, came to Huangyan, visited the bamboo carving with flip spring in Huangyan, and spoke highly of it: "Huangyan's bamboo carving with flip spring adopts Chinese painting techniques, combines painting techniques with carving techniques, and is accompanied by pictures, inscriptions and seals, forming a poetic handicraft. It is really one of the three major sculptures in Zhejiang. " He also collected a palm fan carved by the late old artist Mr. Chen according to Tang Yin's works, and later collected it in the Shanghai Museum. In the same year, CCTV made a special trip to Huangyan to film the whole process of bamboo carving with double reed and broadcast it to the whole country. But by the end of 1970s, due to the rise of western handicrafts, oriental handicrafts (bamboo carving with double springs, etc. ) declined.

From 65438 to 0998, with the support of huangyan district government, the production of Huangyan skin flap has been greatly restored and developed. From 65438 to 0998, Luo, a master of arts and crafts in Zhejiang Province, who has been engaged in the study of flip springs, established the "Taizhou Huangyan Research Institute of flip springs" and served as its director, with several apprentices. With Luo's efforts, Huangyan played the song of triumph. 1999, Huangyan beat products won the gold medal in China Folk Art Exhibition, the gold medal in the 6th China Arts and Crafts Master and China Arts and Crafts Fair in 2005, and the silver medal in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th National West Lake Expositions in 2000, 2006 and 5438+0, 2002 and 2003.

In order to rescue, protect and develop the traditional craft of Huangyan Bamboo Carving, the cultural department of huangyan district government gave some economic support to the artists who participated in the first China Folk Craft Expo in May 2004, rewarded the winning works and set up a special protection fund.

In May, 2006, Taizhou huangyan district Baked Bamboo Carving Art Museum was established, and Luo and Gu Qiwang became two important artists in the museum. In 2007, the bamboo carving with double leaves was successively listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage protection lists of huangyan district, Taizhou and Zhejiang by the district government, municipal government and provincial government. In June 2008, it was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage expansion projects.