A carved knife "turns decay into magic" national 44 national sculpture players at Kaihua Samen Competition Style Style

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Golden autumn season is strong, and the roots are in ingenuity. On September 27th, at the "Drunk Root Cup" China Root Carving Live Creation Competition Base in the Cultural Tourism Zone of Kaihua Root Palace, the highest level of root carving competition in China's root carving industry: National Industry Vocational Skills Competition- "Drunk Root Cup" National Arts and Crafts The results of the professional skills competition are grandly announced. Zhejiang player Yu Baiqing's work "Da Mei Zhejiang's Qianjiang Yuan", Hebei player Fan Wenfeng's work "He · Sheng", and Zhejiang Kaihua player Fang Yi's work "Yu Yue" is ranked among the top three, respectively. They will be awarded " The honorary title of the National Technical Expert.

During the 4 -day contest, 14 provinces and cities and 44 roots from 14 provinces and cities across the country went all out and carefully carved. They used the "one carved knife" to turn a section of mottled and decaying dead wood into magic. After carving, a rotten wood was shown in front of the world with a new "life" and appearance. These works have different forms, some witty, elegant, some of which are high, and although they still retain the original texture and general form, they have already been reborn and have many weather.

"The time for the game is compact, so we must make good use of every minute and every second, and strive to make the work to the extreme. This is worthy of the root material he chose." A player who worked late at night said that work at night can work at night. Extend the participation time vertically, and make the early concepts and later polishing.

"I am very happy to bring our own level of skills normally and leave our beautiful open work for our beautiful open -chemical work." Player Yu Baiqing said.

In the end, the review expert group consisting of experts from all walks of life invited by the China Arts and Crafts Association, from the aspects of materials use, creative aesthetic, subject matter characteristics, work connotation, craft skills, etc. Comments and scores one by one. The award -winning works will be permanently collected in the Chinese Genjiao Museum of the Cultural Tourism Zone of the Genkong Palace.

Kaihua is the famous "hometown of Chinese root carving art". The history of root carving can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. After more than 1,000 years of development, there are currently more than 30 types of root carving enterprises in the county, nearly 2,000 employees, and 30 annual production of root carving works 30 10,000 pieces, output value exceeding 1.5 billion yuan, becoming an important gathering area for Zhejiang's root carving industry. In recent years, Kaihua root carving has realized the transformation of "small workshops" to "big scenic spots". With the development of Kaihua root carving, a series of root arts activities have come. Since 2014, Kaihua has continuously hosted the seventh "Drunk Gen Cup" on -site creation contest, becoming an important platform for national root carving art exchanges.

"Through this competition, we have promoted root carving technicians and practitioners across the country to learn from each other, and jointly promote the development of Chinese root carving art and even Chinese arts and crafts." Said Sun Yan, secretary general of the China Arts and Crafts Association.

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