What are the traditional boxwood wood carving themes?

Huangyang wood carving has become a very common wood carving crafts in Chinese folklore since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and this kind of wood carving is mainly famous for small Huangyang wood furnishings. This kind of wood carving began in zhejiang, to round carving, the production process has the conception of sketch, molding clay draft, choose wood, operation rough blank, skeletonization carving solid blank, careful repair fine, rub sand polishing, fine engraving hair pattern, waxing light, with the base and so on. Traditional boxwood carving subjects are Guanyin, Lohan, the Eight Immortals and so on. The growth process of boxwood is extremely slow, and in folklore, there is a saying that "boxwood is not big for a thousand years". Because this wood is very small, so the size of boxwood wood carving is very small, boxwood texture is very tough, the texture is also very clear, but also easy to store, so it is more precious.