Three sculptures of Huizhou architecture

Huizhou woodcarving, brick carving and stone carving are the most essential parts of Huizhou ancient buildings, and they are the most brilliant chapters in the art of ancient buildings. In Huizhou, no matter ancient houses, ancestral temples and memorial archways, exquisite patterns are carved everywhere. From the perspective of carving techniques, Huizhou's three sculptures are mostly reliefs and high reliefs, which are combined with various techniques such as general carving, round carving and line carving, from which we can also get a glimpse of the inheritance of China's architectural "three sculptures" art since the Tang and Song Dynasties. "Three Carvings" is not only a traditional folk craft, but also embodies profound cultural connotation. The particularity of Huizhou Three Sculptures is irreplaceable by literati paintings and other art categories in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is also incomparable by architectural sculptures in other areas at the same time. Its rich content, profound cultural connotation, skillful modeling language and exquisite carving technology are irreplaceable treasures handed down from generation to generation. It can exist for centuries and be loved by tens of thousands of people, which is an artistic phenomenon with great research value in itself. There are also many ancestral temples and memorial archways in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and their architectural styles are quite distinctive. They are also called "three wonders of ancient architecture" with the Ming and Qing dwellings. The stone carvings "White Deer Plain" and "Scenery of West Lake" in Shifang County and Wushi Ancestral Hall on the North Shore, the brick carving of Wufenglou and the wood carving of Baimatu in Pan Shi Ancestral Hall of Dafu respectively reflect the highest level of the "three sculptures" art of Huizhou School.