Huizhou mountain area is rich in wood, and the buildings are mostly brick, wood and stone structures, especially wood, which has become a place for woodcarvers. Huizhou woodcarving, as the decoration of old buildings and household appliances, is widely distributed in urban and rural areas, and there are only a handful in China. Wood carvings can be seen on screens, window frames, columns, beds, tables, chairs, desks and stationery in the house.

Huizhou woodcarving has a wide range of themes, including figures, landscapes, flowers, animals, insects and fish, clouds, palindromes, Bo Gu, tin couplets and various auspicious patterns. Huizhou wood carving is based on the needs and possibilities of building objects, using round carving, relief carving, through carving and other forms of expression. Early Ming dynasty. Huizhou woodcarving has begun to take shape, and its carving style is simple and rough, mainly with flat relief techniques. After the mid-Ming Dynasty, with the strengthening of the financial strength of Huizhou merchants, the consciousness of showing off the countryside became increasingly strong, and the art of wood carving gradually shifted to fine carving, and multi-layer through carving replaced plane shallow carving as the mainstream.