Linxia brick carving production process can be divided into several kinds?

Linxia brick carving production process is divided into "pinch live" and "carve live" two kinds. "Pinch live" is the first processed clay mud, handmade or molded into dragons, phoenixes, lions and birds, flowers, insects and fish and other patterns, and then into the kiln baking and become, and its more for the wall or roof, the corner of the wall, for the ridge commonly known as the "spine beast".

"Carve live" is in the fired brick with a carving knife carved into a variety of patterns and panels, the process is relatively more complex than the "pinch live", creating a more delicate image, rich texture. A pattern is often made of several pieces of brick spliced together, the decorations on the plane of the building belong to the "carve live" works.

Linxia brick carvings