Fujian Huian 1
Hui 'an stone carving can be divided into round carving, relief carving, heavy carving and shadow carving.
2. qingtian county, Zhejiang Province
Qingtian stone carving is a school of its own, bold and unrestrained, delicate and exquisite, with both form and spirit. The color tone is realistic and elegant; The techniques are round carving, carving, relief carving and line carving.
3. Quyang County, Hebei Province
Quyang stone carving has begun to take shape in the Western Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, Quyang became the birthplace and carving center of the northern white marble statue; Quyang stone carving reached its peak in the Yuan Dynasty.
4. Wenling, Zhejiang
Wenling stone carving. There is a folk song "Huangyan Orange Wild Swallow Pine, Taiping Masonry Tiantai Clock" circulating in Taizhou.
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Common types of stone carvings:
1, stone carving ornaments
It is mainly made of all kinds of jade and colored stones, including all kinds of jade ornaments of various times, all kinds of ornamental stones such as Taihu Stone, Yuhua Stone and Three Gorges Stone, as well as stone carvings and stone vases made of all kinds of marble and colored stones. Taihu Stone has been used to decorate gardens, parks and courtyards since the time of He Lv, King of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. These stones are also popular ornamental stones.
2. Grottoes and cliff carvings
Grottoes and cliff carvings began at the end of Han Dynasty, flourished in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and continued until Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its development is closely related to Buddhist culture, and the carving of stone statues mainly depends on Buddhist painting. There are thousands of stone statues in grottoes with different shapes and costumes, which occupy an important position in the history of culture and art.
There are also many colorful architectural images in the grottoes, such as temples, towers, ridges, pavilions, beams, arches and caissons, which reflect the architectural characteristics of past dynasties. Stone carvings on the cliffs of grottoes are generally carved on sandstone or limestone walls.
3. Graveyard stone carving
Graveyard stone carving is a major type of stone carving in China, with a long history and large scale. Stone carvings are mainly tombs, but also sarcophagus, stone reliefs and tomb ritual vessels. Carved stone statues of civil servants, military commanders, ladies, waiters and other figures, stone horses, stone elephants, stone camels, various stone beasts, stone birds and stone rabbits are lifelike and full of vitality.
These stone carvings and stone carvings are national key protected cultural relics, most of which are marble carvings.