What is the development process of woodcarving art?

The woodcarving art in China has experienced a long period of development. The woodcarving fish unearthed from Hemudu cultural site is a woodcarving art found in China. At that time, when people made wood carvings, they didn't have metal tools, but simply relied on animal bones or hard stones to polish them. You can imagine how difficult the production process was at that time.

During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, woodcarving art has been brought into the scope of national management, and there are also various decoration methods, such as painting, inlaying and carving. During the Warring States period, a variety of wood carvings in different industries began to appear. Architectural woodcarving, religious statues and wooden barrels were popular woodcarving industries at that time. In the Palace Museum in Beijing, the woodcarving maid in the Warring States period was the masterpiece at that time. There are more kinds of woodcarvings unearthed in Han Dynasty. At this time, wood carvings were used as decorations. The woodcarving in this era is dominated by various animals, but there are also various wooden barrels, boats, earrings and other artifacts. Wooden equipment is perishable, and it is not easy for woodcarving technology to spread until now before the Han Dynasty.

After the Jin Dynasty, wood carvings were used in various occasions, and puppets began to appear at that time. From the Sui Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, religious Buddha statues with various wood carvings were the most striking. During the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, wood carving crafts were increasingly used as architectural decoration. Especially in the Tang Dynasty, woodcarving became more generous and brilliant, and many artworks spread overseas through the Silk Road during that period, which was deeply loved by overseas compatriots. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the themes of woodcarving were more diverse. Many works are life customs and fairy tales, such as auspicious celebrations, bumper harvests, auspicious dragons and phoenixes, living and working in peace and contentment, and prolonging the life of pine cranes, which were deeply loved at that time. This also shows that the wood carving art at this time has reached its peak, and it also symbolizes the superb technology of our people.