What are the characteristics of Huizhou prints?

Huizhou prints have strong local characteristics. Huizhou is rich in wood, and brick, wood, stone and bamboo carvings are common in residential buildings. These carvings were made by local craftsmen. Four Treasures of the Study Huimo and She Yan are the specialties of Huizhou, with delicate texture and exquisite carving.

Huizhou woodcarving skills are interlinked in architecture, furniture, brick woodcarving, Four Treasures of the Study ink mold, inkstone carving and woodcarving.

There is a way of expression in Huizhou printmaking called "simplifying by complexity", which is a means to show the theme in order to highlight the activities of characters. This contrast and contrast technique is very natural for Huizhou engravers. This expression also belongs to the characteristics of Huizhou prints.

Although there are many kinds of sculpture art, its artistic roots are the same. Especially in the process of their respective development, learn from each other and learn from each other's strengths.

Ink stone carving, ink mold carving and seal cutting calligraphy and painting are all plane carvings, which only differ from male carving, female carving and depth, and are matched with male and female carving such as seal cutting illustrations, showing rich knife skills and making the picture more vivid and ordinary.

Many famous engravers in Huizhou have many skills, such as Zhu from Shexian County, Xiuning County and Yu Shangheng from yi county in the Ming Dynasty. They are good at wood carving, stone carving and seal cutting calligraphy and painting. Huizhou engravers learn, consolidate, develop and improve on the basis of predecessors.

Due to the rich carving skills and rich artistic soil, and the hard work of artists, Huizhou traditional craftsmen and artists have mastered their own good skills in long-term practice, formed their own beliefs, and passed them on to future generations in a fixed mode, thus forming a strong local characteristics of manual operation.