Zhoushan does not produce olives, why would you use olive kernels to make art?

What kind of chance to make no olive Zhoushan people carved out of olive kernel carving?

Love of nuclear carving playmates know that Suzhou Zhoushan do handmade olive kernel carving nationally renowned, however, Suzhou is not produced olive kernel, olive kernel is produced mostly from Guangzhou. That is thousands of miles away from Zhoushan why would use olive kernel to carve it?

Zhoushan circulated such a legend "" that is the story of the 1830s, Zhoushan nuclear carving Yin faction founder Yin Genfu began in Shanghai to do business in the bamboo, wood and tooth carving, but also in the City God Temple opened a "Yongxing Zhai" of the curio store.

At that time, the social situation was turbulent, business is not good. Bamboo and wood carving business is dismal, can not make ends meet, Yin Genfu in order to open up sales, but in the business varieties and styles of subjects on the brain. Once in a while to the dock to pick up goods, Yin Genfu and the boatman chatting, the boatman gave him some olive kernels.

Seeing those rounded shape, the core wall of the hard olive kernel he was inspired to Lohan as the subject of carving and wearing a string of Lohan rosary. Unexpectedly, his original rosary beads will be sold out after the launch, and from then on will establish the rosary form of rosary. It also started the olive kernel carving in Suzhou Zhoushan Village.

Yin Genfu is the founder of Luohan nuclear carving, but whether he started the olive carving there is not enough evidence. In fact, as early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some carvers in the Suzhou area began to experiment with olive kernel carving.

Suzhou Changshu Museum also collects a Qing dynasty between the Qianlong Du Shiyuan olive kernel carving "Fish Music Figure", the degree of its beauty is comparable to the olive kernel carving in the National Palace of Taipei, "Dong Po night tour of the Red Cliff".

By the olive kernel to carve to do pieces, and Suzhou has a close relationship with the human geography, Suzhou life is cozy, slow pace, it is the play of nuclear carving ornamental play pastime fun.

Zhoushan nuclear carving village of the story here, the following together to enjoy today's Yin works it.

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