In the process of cleaning up the Jinsha site, the archaeologists unearthed a "jade ring chain", what everyone did not expect was that this item actually hid a jade carving skill that was not passed on, but after the study of cultural relics experts, they said that the ancient Shu Kingdom 3,000 years ago had mastered this skill, what is this skill? Today, Xiaobian will reveal the secret to you:
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The Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty was the heyday of the development of jade carving on the mainland, and this situation was inseparable from "Qianlong". We all know that Qianlong not only loved to collect all kinds of jade in his life, but also appreciated the beautiful and superb craftsmanship, which is why the jade carving industry has taken this opportunity to achieve great development.
With the rapid development of the jade carving industry, there were two special skills for making jade at that time, one of which was a living ring chain carving, the other was filigree inlay, these two skills are mainly used in jade utensils and ornaments, to learn these two skills, it takes super high skill and patience because of the extreme difficulty, and there are fewer and fewer masters who can master the living ring chain carving.
The difficulty of "living ring chain carving" is extremely high, but where is it difficult? Simply put, this skill is that the craftsman needs to carve a string of living rings in a stone, it is very simple to carve a single ring, the craftsman only needs to be serious, but in the jade, carving a string of living rings, the test is the craftsman's technology, and the chain carving is derived from the circle carving technique, it can be divided into: single chain, double chain, multi-chain, with the increase of chains, the difficulty of carving is geometrically rising.
Chain carving is extremely difficult, so as long as there is an item with a chain, the craftsman will carve out the chain link and then make other parts. The technology of the Qing Dynasty was not developed, so the ring carving needed to consume a lot of time, and it took 3 to 4 months to make a chain, and if it was slightly longer, it would take half a year.
The "living ring chain carving" had a tendency to catch fire in the Qing Dynasty, but whoever thinks that it originated in the Qing Dynasty is very wrong. If we want to crack the secret of the origin of the "living ring chain carving", we need to start from the excavation of the Jinsha site.
Located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, the Jinsha site is the largest archaeological discovery on the mainland in nearly 20 years after the Guanghan Sanxingdui site in Sichuan. When the Jinsha site was discovered, archaeologists immediately carried out rescue excavations on it.
In the process of cleaning, the archaeologists found a large number of precious cultural relics, such as: four birds around the sun gold ornaments, Shang Zhou jade pattern gold belt, Shang Zhou gold mask, etc., in addition to some more well-known items, there is a special item, it with exquisite workmanship, successfully attracted the attention of everyone, what is this unearthed item?
The item excavated from the Jinsha site consists of three jade rings, which are interlocking, and the most important thing is that the rings can also move between the rings, and there is no interface. After seeing such a situation, experts believe that it should be a complete piece of jade, made by carving, that is, in the Shang Dynasty, the "living ring chain carving" technology has been very mature, no joints, no gaps, some only superb technology, only in this way, craftsmen will carve such exquisite objects, and passed down from generation to generation.
The Shang Dynasty has been more than 3,000 years ago, and this item was discovered, which directly proves that the "living ring chain carving" may have originated in the Shang Dynasty, or a more distant period, providing an important basis for future generations to study the "living ring chain carving".
The Chinese nation is a wise and wise nation, craftsmen through hard work and innovation, the production of one after another ingenious items, so that the jade carving process from generation to generation, if the traditional skills, get better inheritance, I believe in the future, it will shine more dazzling brilliance.