中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第130期:木刻

Wood Carving

木刻

Wood carving refers to a folk handicraft involving carving decorative patterns or designs by hand on wood or wood ware；it also refers to the wood or carved wood ware. The famed wood carving technology today in China is mostly inherited from the Qing Dynasty，of which Dongyang wood carving in Zhejiang,mahogany carving of Suzhou,gold lacquer wood carving, palace lantern of Beijing and carved wood ship are the most representative carved wood ware today. The current wood carving technology is not only used as decorations on furniture and architecture,but also used as visual artistic handiwork such as statues of Buddha and arhats, animals, wall hangings, etc.

木刻是一種民間工藝品，是用手雕刻裝飾木材或木製品的花紋或圖案，它也指木材或雕刻的木製品。今天在中國著名的木雕技術主要是從清朝繼承，浙江的東陽木雕，蘇州的紅木雕刻，雕刻在船上的北京金漆木雕和宮燈是今天最有代表性的木刻製品。目前的木雕技術不僅用作傢俱和建築裝飾，也是視覺藝術的傑作，如佛像和羅漢，動物，壁掛等。