The Historical Origin of Bamboo Carving

Far before the invention of paper, ink, pen and inkstone, the Chinese ancestors had already learned to use a knife to carve characters on the pillar to remember things. This most primitive bamboo carving should be preceded by oracle bone inscriptions. Because the oracle bones already have the three elements of the art of calligraphy, while the so-called bamboo carving, the initial carving is just a symbol.

Ancient times, China's central and northern regions do not grow bamboo, so the animal bone to carve, the south is rich in bamboo, the symbols or words carved on bamboo. But bamboo tubes are difficult to preserve, no better than animal bones.

So, after a long time, fortunate to see the relics of the oracle bones of the Yin Shang era, but it is difficult to see the bamboo carving works of that time. But according to ancient documents, the source of Chinese bamboo carving art, as early as before the Shang Dynasty has appeared, there is no doubt.

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One is based on the relief carving, generally hollowed out its background part, some for the single-sided carving, some for the double-sided carving. Generally have a border is called "openwork flower plate".

The second is a form of sculpture between the round and relief carving, also known as concave carving, hollow carving, or relief carving.

Bamboo Carving Pen Container:

The Zhu Sansong Bamboo Carving Pen Container is a cultural relic from the Chongzhen period, by Zhu Zhizheng. The piece of bamboo carving ladies brush holder, in the book on the bamboo surface, Zhu Sansong use a variety of techniques will be characters and background levels of expression is very deep and rich, ladies in different postures, in high relief on the basis of the courtyard wall and carved a round window, the window of a pine branch poking out.

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