Zengcheng in Guangzhou: Use leather carving to convey the beauty of non -heritage!

The traditional leather carving of Zengcheng Zengcheng is a carving process with leather as a carving material. It carries rich historical and cultural information, which is closely related to national customs, humanistic concepts, and social states. , Present the unique style of "beautiful, elegant, exquisite, delicate, elegant, rigid and soft".

Zengcheng's traditional leather carving production skills are rotating knife and printing tools to engrave, knock, push pull, squeeze, and create on the leather. Landscape paintings or decorative patterns make the pattern patterned on the leather surface layer and decorated with bumpy layers and decorations; therefore, flat works at different levels of uneven levels on the leather are collectively referred to as leather carvings.

In order to prevent this ancient leather carving technology drowned in the torrent of industrialization, Huang Jianjie, the traditional leather carving technology of Zengcheng's traditional leather carving, tried to continue its long cultural heritage to preserve this craft.

Even if a simple leather carving work, Huang Jianjie has to go through more than 40 processes including boarding, selection of materials, feeding, carving, dyeing, assembly, etc., all of which are prepared according to the ancient method.

He integrates innovative elements and conceives into ancient techniques, so that every piece of leather carving works reflect his visual aesthetics and creative ingenuity, highlighting the simple decoration, beautiful and generous, unique craftsmanship, and becoming a rare crafts.

Huang Jianjie and his leather carving work

Made in China requires the spirit of craftsmen, and national craftsmanship requires the spirit of craftsmanship. The spirit that does not let go of details, pursue perfection and excellence is the ingenuity unique to every national arts and crafts master.

Cultural traditions and national spirit have shaped the cultural self -confidence of national craftsmanship, and in adhering and inheriting, letting leather carving production techniques became Zengcheng's cultural business card.

Source: Li Shimin Xie Xiquan, a reporter from Zengcheng District Rong Media Center

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