Huzhou, February 11 (Shi Zinan, Huang Yan) -- In Heping Town, Changxing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Xia Yunlong, a non-hereditary inheritor of traditional art nuclear carving, is busy carving the shape of the Beijing Winter Olympic mascot "Ice Pier" on a walnut about 3 centimeters long.
After 6 hours, a natural walnut turned into a cute "ice pier".
"The Winter Olympics are being held, although we ordinary people can't fight for honor for the country on the field like athletes, so let's use our craftsmanship to cheer for the Winter Olympics." Xia Yunlong introduced that in addition to the "ice pier", he also carved a "snow rongrong", and the works were used for display.
Xia Yunlong was born in Tanlongqiao Village, Heping Town, Changxing County, and he liked nuclear sculpture since he was a child.
Nuclear sculpture "Snow Rongrong" Xia Yunlong courtesy of the picture
In 2003, a fortuitous opportunity knocked on the door of Xia Yunlong's artistic life. He met Ding Xiaolu, a famous micro-carving master in Huzhou, and studied art under him. From the beginning of learning the stone carving of the seal of the button seal, he spent 3 years to lay the basic skills of the art of knife carving.
After more than ten years of continuous learning and innovation, Xia Yunlong's carving skills have become more and more exquisite, and gradually attracted attention from all walks of life, and his works have also won the gold and silver awards of the China Cultural and Play Expo and the Zhejiang Provincial Arts and Crafts Exposition for many times.
What Xia Yunlong is best at is to use a small carving knife to carve out thousands of weather on a peach core that is several centimeters large, "After doing it for a long time, it will naturally have the ability to enter the wood for three points, and at a glance, you can roughly know how thick the skin of this walnut is, how deep this knife can be carved, otherwise it will be carved." ”
During the anti-epidemic period in 2020, the huge efforts of frontline medical staff deeply touched Xia Yunlong and inspired him to create art. A small studio became his main battlefield to cheer for the fight against the epidemic.
Xia Yunlong and the nuclear sculpture "Ice Pier" and Heping Town courtesy of the picture
In more than half a year, Xia Yunlong has created a large number of works with the theme of looking forward to a better life. He said, "After the outbreak of the epidemic, a large number of medical staff rushed forward and paid a lot of overloaded work on the front line. At that time, my heart was very moved, and I wanted to say a hard word to them through the nuclear sculpture works. ”
The original meaning of carving insect tricks is to describe insignificant small skills. Xia Yunlong laughed and said that his carving works are also a kind of "carving insects and small skills", but the more he studies, the more he can feel the profundity of traditional skills.
"For the work, there is no satisfaction, only continuous learning and improvement of oneself." Xia Yunlong said that in the next step, he plans to do some documentary works, adding innovative elements while inheriting and carrying forward traditional culture, hoping to spread positive social energy. (End)
Source: China News Network