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Brick Carving —— Linxia Traditional Culture

Linxia has a long history, splendid culture and unique ethnic customs. According to historical records, ancestors lived and lived 5000 years ago. Two thousand years ago, the Qin and Han Dynasties set up counties, which were called Hanhan and Hezhou in ancient times. This is the source of Dayu's water control, and there are many beautiful legends.

Linxia has beautiful natural scenery and rich tourism resources. Visiting the "Three Gorges of the Yellow River" is like being in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Here, the scenery is beautiful, the jujube flowers are fragrant, and the birds are playing and the scenery is pleasant. Visiting "Songming Rock" and "Lotus Mountain" is better than Qifeng Mountain. Stop at Ling Bing Grottoes, and you can feel the blending of Chinese and Tibetan cultures.

We Linxia people are smart and capable, like craft making, and can copy plates, cans, pots, bottles and so on. In an antique way, it keeps the basic characteristics of genuine products and becomes a unique handicraft; Brick carving is a wonderful flower of Linxia folk art, which integrates calligraphy, painting and seal cutting, and carves figures, landscapes, flowers, birds and animals into paintings and into classical architectural decoration. It is simple and elegant. It has become a local economic industry and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad.