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The Quyang Dog Tower has 13 floors and is about 50 meters high. It is made of Huangshan white marble and bricks.

On the stone walls of the first to fourth floors of the tower, there are relief murals carved with strict composition, well-proportioned layout and high artistry, representing the artistic level of Quyang stone carving artists at that time.

Quyang "Dog Pagoda" is one of the earliest monumental large-scale stone carving buildings in my country, and it is also a building with high achievements in stone carving art in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Then, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism prevailed. Temples were built and temples were built all over the country, mountains were dug to open caves, and the scale was unprecedented.

As a result, Quyang stone carving has developed rapidly. During this period, Quyang stone carving artists have traveled all over the country.

They gave full play to their carving talents and carved many Buddhist statues.

The reason why Quyang stone carvings are specifically mentioned is that the production of stone carvings here is still different from the previous ones in terms of process.

The making method of Quyang stone carving is divided into five steps: "material selection, big wilderness, second wilderness, fine-tuning, and polishing".

The first is material selection, because all stone carvings must be selected before they are made.

Material selection is an important link in the stone carving process that cannot be ignored.

The stone properties, softness, hardness, density, texture, etc. of the stone will directly affect the success or failure of the work.

The production of Quyang stone carvings, after selecting the materials, is first of all a wasteland.

Dahuang is also called "cracking wasteland" and "stripping wasteland", which means to remove waste materials and determine the large volume and dynamics of the statue.

Then there is Erhuang, Erhuang is a further modeling process, requiring clarification of details such as the image and posture of the statue.

At this stage, attention should be paid to observing whether the physical relationship is accurate and coordinated, as well as the connectivity of various parts of the statue, so as to achieve the perfection of the local shape and the whole.

The fourth step is fine-tuning, also known as "knife work", which is to describe the details of each part of the statue.

The detailing process should be done with smooth lines, clear edges and corners, flat surfaces, neat roots and feet, and no traces of chiseling;

Artists are required to turn their wrists flexibly, orderly in severity, and use appropriate force according to the hardness and brittleness of the stone.

Carving is done, followed by polishing.

Polishing is grinding, which is the last process of stone carving.

At this stage, the artist can control the position and degree of polishing according to the artistic effect.

It can be polished all over the body or partially, so that the statue can produce different artistic effects of fineness and roughness.

Of course, all stone carving works are inseparable from good raw materials.

Just like Quyang stone carving, the largest type of stone he uses is white marble.

White marble is a crystal clear white marble, we all know this.

The current white marble specifically refers to the white marble produced in Gaozhuang Village, Dashiwo Town, Fangshan, Shendu, which is hard and white.

The whole body of white marble is pure and white, and it is also used to carve Buddha statues.

The West has used white marble as a material for portrait carving since the ancient Greek era.

Since ancient times in our country, this kind of stone has been used to make stone steps and guardrails in palaces. The so-called "Jade Zhulan" is as gorgeous as jade, so it is called white marble.

From the perspective of historical data, the excavation and mining of marble can be traced back at least before the Nanzhao period of the Tang Dynasty.

The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in Dali, built more than 1000 years ago in the Tang Dynasty, have been built with exquisite marble carvings and have a high level of craftsmanship.

Nayun marble was widely used in historical palace tombs such as Shendu Forbidden City and Ming Tombs.

The more famous white marble works generally come from Dashiwo stone carvings.

Dashiwo Town, FS District, Shendu, has extremely rich stone resources with high quality and many varieties.

The development of stone can be traced back to the Yan Dynasty in the Warring States Period, with a history of more than 2000 years.

White marble, which is clean and easy to carve, is a national treasure among architectural stones.

Therefore, the price of white marble is also very expensive. Of course, the main reason is that the scope of application of white marble is relatively wide.

Even now, there are many white marble products.

White marble blocks, plates, engineering boards, railings, railings, flower pots, fountains, fireplaces, Roman columns, archways, gazebos, all of which can be made of white marble.

Of course, it is not limited to these, such as natural drawing boards, landscape stones, marble coffee tables, dining tables, high-quality screens, special-shaped stones, white marble TV background walls, garden sculptures, figure sculptures, animal sculptures, urban sculptures, reliefs, etc. make.

In short, there are many, but there are good and bad white marble.

Among them, white marble is mainly pure white, and pure white is divided into first, second, third, and grade materials.

The first-grade material is the best white marble, the second-grade material is the second-grade product, and the third-grade material is the third-grade product.

Among them, the price of white marble also varies greatly. The price of the first-grade material with a specification of less than one meter will reach about [-] cubic meters.

The price of white marble over one meter is very expensive.

The price of the second and third levels is much cheaper, but it can also reach [-] to [-].

The price of white marble is not regulated, and the exact price of white marble can be determined according to different grades, products, and specifications.

This is white marble. It can be said that if you want to build a good building, the first choice must be white marble.

Of course, there are stones that are more precious than white marble, such as the chrysanthemum stone mentioned earlier.

But it would be a pity to use such stone as a building material.

And raw materials such as chrysanthemum stones are not unavailable in China. For example, Puli on Taiwan Island produces one kind.

Puli Town, Nantou, Taiwan Island, is located in the middle of the island. Stone carvings, water quality, wine, and beauties are the four most famous places in Puli Town.

Tiewan stone, the first of the top ten elegant stones in Taiwan, is produced in the beautiful Puli.

And Puli De Shaoxing wine is also famous all over the world, thanks to the good water quality.

The unique natural conditions make the town rich in products and rich for everyone.

Attracted by the pure, beautiful and peaceful life in Puli, more and more artists have taken root here.

This has created a strong local humanistic temperament, and various handicrafts are flourishing.

Stone carving is the most popular in the local area, and Tiewan stone carving is one of the most important ones.

The best iron shot stone is formed on the seabed at a depth of 4000 meters or more, and its density, gloss, and iron content are all the best.

Because of the particularity of the formation conditions, this kind of high-quality iron shot stone is especially precious.

Tiewan stone stone carvings are made of finely selected Tiewan stone materials, and its stone quality can be described as genuine and red.

Tiewan stone was formed about 200 million to more than 2000 million years ago, so it is very rare.

Because the core of the stone is black-gray, and the skin of the stone is as dark as iron, it is named "Tiewan Stone".

Tiewan stone has a higher density and texture than ordinary stone. The stone is ultra-fine and moist.

It is like the natural beauty of the ancient beauty Xi Shi, full of nobility, also known as "Xi Shi stone".

In Taiwan Island, most of the Tiewan stones are made into stone pots or other works of art, and only a small amount of them are made into inkstones.

Strange stones like Tiewan Stone are not uncommon in Taiwan Island.

This island has been called Treasure Island since ancient times, and it is definitely not for nothing.