Jun County Stone Carving [Henan Jun County Specialty]

What is Junxian Stone Carving? Authentic Henan Junxian Specialty: Junxian Stone Carving

Summary:Do you want to know what Junxian stone carving is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product of Junxian County, Henan Province - Junxian Stone Carving. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Junxian Stone Carving. The full text takes about 6 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Junxian Stone Carving and the product characteristics of Junxian Stone Carving? How did the history of Jun County stone carving come about? Wait

Basic Introduction to Junxian Stone Carving

Junxian Stone Carving is a long-standing carving craft. It is rich in relics, including portrait stones of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Great Stone Buddha of Later Zhao, the Thousand Buddha Cave of the Tang Dynasty, the Panlong Rock of the Song Dynasty, the Enrongfang of the Ming Dynasty, and dozens of works from the Qing Dynasty. These works are lifelike in form, with distinct styles from generation to generation, and have high artistic value. Stone carvers are skilled in making handicrafts such as stone figures, stone horses, stone sheep, and stone lions. Stone lions have a typical folk style and have been sold and popular at the Canton Fair

Junxian stone carving products mainly include more than 10 categories and more than 50 varieties of stone memorial archway, stone pavilions, ancient building balustrades, mural stone carvings, figures, animals, sculptures, etc. Among them, stone memorial archway and stone lions are more famous. The largest memorial archway product is 13 meters high and 15 meters wide; The small product is only 7 centimeters. Its products are sourced from the bluestones hidden in Shanhua Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain in Zhengchang Village. The stone is delicate in texture, pure in color, suitable for fine carving, with a simple and elegant style, and resistant to weathering. Its products have exquisite knife techniques, simple and elegant shapes, not only highly ornamental, but also reflect rich historical and cultural heritage, deeply loved by professionals and the general public

Junxian stone carving products are exported to Xizang, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Heilongjiang and other provinces, cities and autonomous regions, with a domestic market share of 5.1%. Some stone carving products are exported to South Korea and Germany

The stone memorial archway is solid and reliable, and can imitate the wood structure. In terms of artistic processing, various flower and bird patterns, as well as various auspicious beasts, can be carved on clamped stones, pillars, and other places, showcasing traditional Chinese stone carving art in one go. It can be said that a memorial archway is a specimen of an ancient Chinese building. The stone memorial archway carving boldly absorbs the essence of stone carving works of past dynasties, and integrates the advantages of the southern school's elegance and flexibility, the northern school's simplicity and generosity, and the Central Plains school's magnificence and massiveness. It is clumsy and ingenious, majestic and beautiful, forming its own unique stone carving style, showing the exquisite craftsmanship and perfect artistic modeling of ancient Chinese craftsmen, and is the crystallization of the wisdom and art of ancient Chinese working people. How did the history of Junxian stone carving come from

During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the specialty flower spot stone from Jun County, Henan Province, the hometown of Duanmuzi Gong, the founder of Confucian merchants, was regarded by the emperor as a rare stone and selected as a tribute. It became the building stone for the imperial palace and imperial tombs and was extensively mined. The history of stone carvings and stone carving in Junxian can be traced back to 1800 years ago, and is considered the source of stone carving and stone carving art in the Central Plains region. The Great Stone Buddha of Later Zhao, the Northern Qi Statue Stele, the Thousand Buddha Temple of Tang Dynasty, the Enrongfang of Ming Dynasty, the steles and cliffs of various dynasties, as well as the Zhongshan Mausoleum in Nanjing and the Monument to the People's Heroes of the Capital, all shine with the wisdom of the laboring people of Jun County and have high historical and artistic value