Lacquer wire carving technique in China

China's lacquer wire carving technique is a legacy of the ancient art of Buddha sculpture.

Lacquer wire carving originated in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, is one of the artistic treasures in the cultural treasury of Chinese lacquer art, and is a traditional craft unique to the southern Fujian region. Since the Tang Dynasty when colored sculptures flourished, lacquer wire carving has been used in the decoration of Buddha statues, commonly known as "makeup Buddha", and has been widely circulated as a special industry for a long time.

Lacquer wire carving is characterized by fine and elegant workmanship, realistic and vivid images, simple and solemn style, and lifelike pictures, which can be regarded as the wonders of the art world and one of the best in China. Lacquer wire carving is a traditional folk handicraft of Quanzhou, Fujian Province with a long history and unique characteristics, with a history of more than 1400 years. And it has been passed down in Quanzhou for many years.

After the 80s of the last century, due to modern technology and the development of market economy, traditional crafts are generally ignored by the people, coupled with the lacquer wire carving process is primitive, complex processes, not easy to master, the techniques of successive generations of craftsmen are not documented in writing, and by the influence of the secret folklore, Quanzhou (Southern Fujian) lacquer carving process, on the verge of loss of the risk of passing on. Later, through the efforts of lacquer carving artists, combined with modern scientific and technological achievements, has gone out of the country, to the world.

The significance of inheritance

1, lacquer wire carving art is the embodiment of social development and progress. Traditionally, the art of lacquer wire carving is passed down from man to woman, but nowadays, with the development and progress of the society, the art of lacquer wire carving has been widely spread in the society.

2, the traditional lacquer line carving art is at risk of being lost. After the 80s of last century, due to the development of modern science and technology and market economy, the traditional craft is generally ignored by the people, coupled with the lacquer line carving process is primitive, complex processes, not easy to master, the techniques of successive generations of craftsmen are not any written records, and by the influence of the folk secret, Quanzhou (southern Fujian) lacquer carving process, on the verge of loss of the risk of passing on.

After the efforts of lacquer carving artists, combined with modern scientific and technological achievements, lacquer carving from pure lacquer line craft into a set of three major crafts of China's characteristics, with the Jingdezhen ceramics of the ancient elegance of the Fuzhou lacquer, the charm of the Cloisonné in Beijing, the colorful. The genre of lacquer wire carving expression is richer, more fashionable and more contemporary.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lacquer Line Carving