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The carvings on the stone pillar bases of Luze Guild Hall use a wide range of materials and are novel in shape.

Most of them are birds and beasts, which are combined with auspicious plants, and each movement and stillness reflect each other, producing a unique artistic effect.

It can be seen from it that the ancient artists have unique ideas and superb skills.

And it's not without regrets, because some precious buildings inside have been damaged.

Although Luze Guild Hall has a history of nearly 300 years and is relatively well preserved, it is listed as a "national cultural relic protection unit".

But some of its essence is lost forever.

Now you can no longer see the handicrafts and craftsmen's painstaking efforts on it. The essence of this part is the Nine Dragon Wall, Wenchang Building and Kuixing Building in front of the theater building.

They were all destroyed in the 70s and [-]s, like the Nine Dragon Wall, which was originally located at the southernmost end of the central axis of the Luze Guild Hall.

It sits south and faces north, about 10 meters high and 8 meters wide.

The walls are inlaid with hundreds of glazed components, which are gorgeously decorated.

On the south side of the screen wall, there are double Xumi stone seats, and the waist part is decorated with changing patterns of blessings and longevity.

The wall is composed of three round three-dimensional sculptures, which are inlaid with the patterns of "two dragons playing with pearls", "kishi lions playing fighting", and "fishing, woodcutters, plowing and reading" in turn.

Two pairs of couplets are embedded between the patterns and on both sides. The inner line is "the brilliance of the Jingbi is comparable to that of the rich, and the soup wall looks up to the heroic spirit", and the outer line is "the grandeur has swallowed Wu and Wei, and the light is always overshadowing Jin and Qin". It is said that the prestige of Guan Yu, the martial sage, is very high.

On the north side of the screen wall, there are double Xumi stone seats, with the same pattern as the south side.

Nine auspicious dragons are inlaid in the middle of the wall, and the surrounding nine dragons are decorated with patterns such as the word "Fu", peonies and auspicious wishes, which imply wealth and honor.

The Nine Dragon Wall of Luze Guild Hall has high historical value, scientific value and artistic value.

After more than 240 years of wind and rain, it encountered a big storm, but unfortunately it was not preserved.

It was demolished at the same time as the nearby Wenchang Pavilion and Kuixing Tower.

Of course, it is not that there are no good things here in Yangluo now, because after all, there are many inheritors here because of its profound historical and cultural heritage.

When walking out of the guild hall, Chen Wenzhe saw a beautiful root carving.

This is a root carving work of "Yellow River Family", which is very finely made and the craftsmanship is top-notch.

Seeing it, Chen Wenzhe seemed to see the carving knife in the author's hand flying over the log.

Either rough and powerful, or finely carved, after some carving, a piece of unknown log has completed a gorgeous transformation.

Whether it's characters or story scenes, whether it's flowers and trees or insects, fish, birds and animals, a small piece of wood "pretends" a wonderful world, which is the traditional charm of woodcarving.

This is Mengjin woodcarving, and only at a close distance can one feel the beauty of this woodcarving art.

Chen Wenzhe could see that it was [-]% natural and [-]% man-made, and it was in this way that the ingenuity in it was revealed.

It was the golden autumn season, and Chen Wenzhe walked into someone else's studio because of a root carving.

It was also after coming here that Chen Wenzhe discovered that there is something really hidden here.

It can also be seen from this that Yangluo really deserves to be a thousand-year-old capital.

Walking into An's woodcarving studio in Mengjin, the fragrance of golden nanmu floats in the air.

The owner here is the representative inheritor of municipal intangible cultural heritage and the fifth generation inheritor of Mengjin woodcarving.

At this time, the master woodcarver is concentrating on carving. Under the influence of his family environment, he is good at oil painting and stone carving.

On the basis of inheriting his ancestral business, from 2009 to 2015, he went to Hujian to learn root carving and wood carving skills.

Since then, he has mastered the whole process of skills from material selection, composition, blanking, carving, polishing to finished products, as well as various carving techniques such as relief, three-dimensional carving, and hollow carving.

Wood carving is a kind of sculpture. The materials are generally selected from tree species with fine texture, toughness and not easy to deform, such as nanmu, thuja, red sandalwood, camphor wood, ginkgo, agarwood, etc.

The wood carvings he makes are seven parts natural and three parts man-made. He mainly uses root carvings, according to the shape of natural tree roots, and according to the characteristics of the roots.

Flexibly grasp the parts with more carvings and less carvings, and keep what should be kept and what should not be kept.

It can also be created according to the color, hole, scar, texture, etc. of the root material to create a certain interest.

The creation of woodcarving works is based on intention, unlike root carving, which is based on material.

Once the author has a clear theme, he can carve according to his personal preferences and interests.

And the work "Yellow River Family" presents the life scenes of the Yellow River people, and promotes the Yellow River culture with the art of root carving.

Most of the early wood carvings were Buddha statues, and later they gradually developed into landscapes of flowers and birds.

In recent years, based on traditional woodcarving techniques, combined with modern creativity, he has been constantly innovating based on his years of carving experience.

That's why a batch of creative root carving works with Yangluo regional characteristics have been carved out.

These works are full of Heluo cultural elements and rich in folk art connotations, and are loved and collected by art lovers.

Root carving tea tables, flower stands, root art lamps, decorative paintings...

In this studio, there are various forms of wood carvings and root carvings, and they gradually enter the homes of ordinary people.

For real wood carvings, the market potential is certainly not as great as that of root carvings.

It's not that root carving is better, but because modern people love it.

Of course, ancient people also liked root carving, especially ancient scholars. After all, it is an elegant thing.

Since it is sought after by people, many works will naturally be handed down.

Unexpectedly, in this studio, Chen Wenzhe saw a very old root carving artwork.

"Is this supposed to be an imitation?" Looking at the dragon in front of him, Chen Wenzhe quickly determined that this should be an imitation.

Because he remembered, this dragon was unearthed.

However, it should indeed be the earliest root carving work discovered in my country.

This root carving work was discovered in Jingchu, and it belongs to the root carvings found in the "Mashan No. 1" Chu tomb in Jiangling to ward off evil spirits.

According to the natural shape of the tree roots, it is carved and painted in the round, and the whole is a long and curved dragon shape.

It has a total length of 0.69 meters and a height of 0.31 to 0.4 meters.

It has a round body, tall feet, a curly-tailed dragon head, complete eyes, ears, nose, mouth, beard and teeth, and a ferocious face.

Mashan Chu Tombs, Warring States Chu Tombs.

The area is about 10 square meters, and more than 1982 rectangular earth pit tombs were excavated from 1983 to 10.

Tomb No. 1 has a sloped tomb passage, and the burial utensils are a coffin and a coffin, and the coffin is covered with a thick bamboo mat.

The inner coffin is divided into coffin chamber, side chamber and head chamber by partitions.

Three lines of linen are tied horizontally outside the coffin, and a silk coffin cover is covered.

The space inside the coffin was filled with a quilt, covered by a plain silk gown and a silk quilt embroidered with dragon and phoenix patterns.

Below it is the body wrapped in 13 layers of quilts, which are tied horizontally with nine brocade belts outside the quilts.

A total of 19 quilts were unearthed, including silk quilts, quilts, cotton robes, skirts, and cotton hakamas.

Clothing materials include silk, gauze, silk, brocade, and embroidery, including all kinds of silk fabrics in the pre-Qin period.

More than 130 pieces of silk and linen, bronze ware, pottery, lacquer ware, bamboo ware and wooden figurines were buried.