Xiamen lacquer engravings (FIG.)

Lacquer line carving spread in Xiamen for three hundred years, after the 13th generation descendant of Chua. Legacy pulse of this process the Department of Ancient Buddha sculpture, carving process is subject to the Song and Yuan lines Lek powder and mud line carving inspired. It formed in the late Ming and early Qing mature to the late Qing Dynasty, in the development of the Xiamen area folk religion flourished, and deities sculpture industry prosperity are inseparable.

The traditional lacquer thread sculpture productions include sculpture, foundation, paint line decoration, makeup gold fill color 4. , Sculpture is the primary purpose of the works of creative design. However, the purpose of the special beauty of art, the art of decorative paint line is the key. Lacquer thread sculpture with vintage brick powder and paint, cooked tung oil, and other raw materials to reconcile after repeated threshes become soft and rich toughness mud pie, commonly known as "the paint line soil, and then knead by hand-paint line then primed blank disc with a "paint line", knot, around the stack, and shaping the embossed pattern.

Lacquer line carving lines of concern aesthetic qualities, form a rich and varied and reached a very high realm, in the creation of arbitrary lines in the United States in the China Arts and Crafts in here to be sublimated. Lacquer thread sculpture lines twine to relief in the form to show fine at the least bit uncomfortable, all the details are very strict. It can be said, hand carved lacquer line soul.

Three hundred years ago, the the carved lacquer line of production base in the Tongan Ma Xiang. Ma Xiang Chua the workshop originally called "Xizhu Landmark, Tsai, artist name test can be traced back to the 8th generation Yang Cai good age about Jiaqing years. 11th generation descendant of Cai Wenpei will workshop moved to Xiamen, the first time he carved lacquer line to represent the historical figure and wide income students, open house stunt. 's Son Cai Cai Wenpei water conditions for the master of arts and crafts, and more open vision of his art works "My Country" and "wave-dong Wukong subdue demons" as a classic by the Chinese Arts and Crafts collection. In 1972, Cai water conditions made of carved lacquer line pattern independent decorative arts, this decorative artwork soon become the mainstream of modern lacquer thread sculpture products, get great benefits.

With the deepening of reform and opening up, the modern market economy to the traditional lacquer line carving process has brought tremendous impact lacquer line carving process more complicated, difficult to master, so descendant is not easy to find, Chua is still engaged in a carved lacquer line only 13 generation descendant of Cai Cai envy, danger of Houjifaren, relevant authorities to protect this ancient art, rescue, to prevent traditional skills lost.