Liuqing Bamboo Carving, the newest chapter of Jiangsu Culture is officially launched
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NANJING, China, June 15, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--
In June, "Jiangsu Culture" series of micro-documentaries produced by the
Information Office of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government released the
newest chapter: Liuqing Bamboo Carving.
To view the video, please click:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcx-UlAXQpc&ab_channel=CharmingChangzhou
The documentary is based on three parts: "Prepare materials", "Inherit skills"
and "Develop civilization". It presents the national intangible cultural
heritage -- Jianhu acrobatics, by carving of knife on bamboo, it is the
footprints of human civilization, which is well-known both at home and abroad.
There are great expanses of bamboo forests along the Yangtze River in China. It
produces abundant Moso bamboo in Changzhou, Jiangsu, so local people take the
advantage, they choose the straight bamboo with flat and smooth surface, no
spot and few joints, to make Liuqing Bamboo Carving, boiling bamboo to clear up
the oil, then taking them out and wipe the surface at once, exposing them to
the weather for 3-5 years, and finally getting perfect raw materials for bamboo
carving.
Most bamboo carvers are skilled in painting, they draw their imagination on the
bamboo surface, then present their works on the Liuqing, the surface of bamboo
by pushing, carving, lifting, and stroking of knife as pen on bamboo as paper.
It takes much time to practice completing the works smoothly by the knife
technique. After the bamboo skin peeled off, landscapes and poems are gradually
presented on the bamboo surface.
The bamboo skin is in a light color and turns yellowish over time, the bamboo
body turns darker after a longer time. The different color levels tell folk
anecdotes and record ancient culture. The descendants can see the prosperity
and restoration of Jiangnan culture from only a short bamboo ruler. Liuqing
bamboo carving, the carvings record history and passing of civilization and the
civilization was nurtured in this land.
Source: Information Office of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government
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