Why is Yangzhou's inheritance of traditional printing unique?

With the development of science and technology by leaps and bounds, China's ancient traditional printing has taken on a different appearance. Among them, Yangzhou's inheritance of traditional printing is unique.

Yangzhou paper-cutting inheritor Zhang Xiufang, Yangzhou jade carving inheritor Jiang Chunyuan, Gu Yongjun, Yangzhou lacquer painting techniques inheritor Zhang Yu, Zhao Rupai, they are Yangzhou folk culture "living fossil", is the inheritor and creator of national culture. Among them, the famous one is Chen Yishi, the third-generation heir of Yangzhou engraving and printing "Hangji Character Workshop".

Hangzhi Town is the famous town of Yangzhou for engraving and printing. As early as in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Yishi's grandfather, Chen Kailiang, started a large-scale engraving workshop in Hangzhi Town, and there were as many as 30 skillful artists at that time.

Later, Chen Yishi's father, Chen Zhengchun, took another punch A, took over the carving of the "Simei Series", "Yangzhou Series Carving", "Warm Red Room" and other Yangzhou history of a number of famous ancient books, once again, the Chen family "Hangji Carving Workshop" brand to make a sound.

Chen Yishi formally learned engraving from his father when he was 13 years old. At that time, the Chen family had a carving workshop in Hangji, and Chen's father was a well-known carver. The family had mended famous ancient books such as the Simei Series of Books, Yangzhou Series of Engravings, and the Nuanhong Room.

When Chen's father was dying, he called Chen Yishi to his bedside and urged him, "You must pass on your ancestral engraving skills." Chen Yishi promised with tears in his eyes.

Chen Yishi later came to Guangling Ancient Books Engraving and Printing Society, specializing in engraving. A lamp, a clock, a table and a chair, a carving A, a shovel chisel, this is all Chen Yishi work. After his hand carved, many ancient books come back to life.

Chen Yishi life and engraving deal with. In the A carving of a stroke, he felt the infinite charm of the art of writing in China.

As a contemporary engraving master in China, and also the only engraving national arts and crafts master, Chen Yishi has the confidence to let this "Guangling wonder" bloom in the cultural garden.