What sculpture does Shoushan Stone Carving belong to?

Shoushan stone carving belongs to the traditional folk carving art.

A small sculpture for people to enjoy is made of Shoushan stone produced in the northern mountainous area of Fuzhou through special techniques. Its techniques are rich and varied, exquisite and mature, and are widely used in the development process, which combines the carving skills and artistic essence of Chinese painting and various folk crafts.

The techniques mainly include round carving, button carving, fine carving, hollow carving, bas-relief, high relief, inlay carving, chain carving, seal cutting and micro-carving. Shoushan stone carving works have a wide range of themes, including figures, animals, landscapes, flowers and birds, etc. Shoushan stone carving in Fuzhou, together with bodiless lacquerware and cork painting in Fuzhou, is also called "three wonders of Rongcheng".

origin

The origin of Shoushan stone carving is gradually promoted by archaeological discovery and textual research. Up to now, the oldest stone carving cultural relics unearthed in Shoushan should be in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589 AD). 1954, a Southern Dynasty tomb was found in the former site of Taohuashang Fujian Normal University in Cangshan District, Fuzhou, and a stone pig was unearthed, which was 1. 1 cm high and 6.4 cm long. It is recumbent, carved from the rectangular Laoling stone in Shoushan, Fuzhou, with simple lines and knives and rough shape.

In the recent ten years after 1956, similar Shoushan stone piglets were unearthed in fifteen tombs of the Six Dynasties in Fuzhou. 1965, a tomb of the Southern Dynasties was excavated at Erfengshan site in the northern suburb of Fuzhou, and a pair of similar stone pigs were also unearthed. At the same time, a brick of "Yi You in the 22nd year of Yuanjia" was unearthed. In the 22nd year of Yuanjia, AD 445, it can be proved that the stone carving art of Shoushan started at least 1500 years ago.