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YUCHENG, China, Dec. 2, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

Yucheng, named after Yu the Great who succeeded in flood taming, is the

birthplace of Chinese farming civilization and one of China's 100 millennia-old

ancient counties. Steeped in history, the four-thousand-plus-year old city of

Yucheng is home to countless local myths and tales of Yu the Great's taming of

floods. In 2021, the legend of Yu the Great Who Tamed the Floods was included

in the fifth batch of intangible cultural heritage in Shandong Province.

As a handicraft of Yucheng, Shandong, Deyuan charcoal carving is a harmonious

mix of the traditional art of carving and painting with the intangible cultural

heritage of the legend of Yu the Great Who Tamed the Floods. These works

materialize folklore into charcoal carvings, turn audible folklore into visual

arts for reflection, and bring the culture of Dayu (Yu the Great) to life. It

embodies the success of the creative translation and innovative development of

fine traditional Chinese culture in the new era.

Despite of small size, the charcoal carving conveys a profound message. It is

made of high-quality coconut shell carbon, mineral carbon and other powdered

activated carbon through over ten procedures from high-pressure forming,

activation, carving, polishing to drawing, etc. Designed with simple and

natural colors, the small-sized charcoal carving artworks mostly draw on

traditional Chinese cultural themes such as Confucius, Yu the Great, "five

cows", "eight horses", plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, and

Peking Opera masks, to highlight the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.

Since 2009, Deyuan Charcoal Carving has been put on exhibition at over a dozen

major domestic and international cultural industry expos such as those in

Beijing, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Nanjing and Jinan, as well as South Korea, making

substantial contributions to the communication of the culture of Dayu (Yu the

Great).

Source: Information Office of Yucheng People's Government

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