Where does the lacquer line carving technique come from?

Lacquer line carving originated in Quanzhou, Fujian. It is one of the artistic treasures in the treasure house of Chinese lacquer art culture and a unique traditional craft in southern Fujian.

Lacquer line carving is a unique traditional craft in southern Fujian. Lacquer line carving has been applied to the decoration of Buddha statues since the prosperity of colored sculptures in the Tang Dynasty, commonly known as "makeup Buddha", which has been widely circulated for a long time as a special industry.

Lacquer line carving technology was inspired by the line carving technology of Song and Yuan Dynasties, especially the line carving with dripping powder and mud. It was formed in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties and gradually matured in the late Qing Dynasty. Its development is closely related to the prosperity of folk religion and the prosperity of the sculpture industry of gods and buddhas. Quanzhou's religious beliefs are rich and colorful, and there are many large and small temples, which provide a good artistic display space for Buddha carving craftsmen.

Sculptors of Buddha statues repeatedly pound, pound, knead and twist raw materials such as cooked tung oil, paint and brick powder into tough lacquer line soil, and then rub it into "lacquer line" as thin as hair by hand, and decorate various patterns on the Buddha blank by using techniques such as coiling, knotting, winding and stacking.

Representative inheritor

Lv Junjie, the inheritor of16th generation of behind-the-scenes Buddha sculptures in Penghu Town, Yongchun County, Quanzhou, was born in 1959. He studied Buddha carving and lacquer line carving at the age of 2/kloc-0. His skill is skillful, the Buddha statue is lifelike, and Qi Diao is exquisite. His works are widely used in line carving and relief, and are exported to Southeast Asia and all parts of the province.

Qiu Jiatian, the ninth descendant of Lushan National Buddha Carving Zu Store in Anhai Town, Jinjiang, Quanzhou, was born in 1962. He studied the techniques of Buddha carving and lacquered line carving with his ancestors since childhood, and has been engaged in the innovation and research of Buddha carving and lacquered line carving techniques for a long time, and comprehensively used traditional and modern elements to make his works keep pace with the times and develop continuously.

Huang from Zhangban Town, quanzhou taiwanese investment zone was born at the age of 1969 and 15. He studied fine arts and has been engaged in the production of lacquered line carving crafts for 27 years. Her lacquered line carvings, such as Hundred Years of Harmony, Five Dragons Becoming Wounded, Red Dress in Tang Dynasty and Longteng in China, are ingeniously conceived and exquisitely made, and have successfully integrated the aesthetic taste of modern people in traditional themes, which are widely welcomed by the market and are the inheritors of Quanzhou city.