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Chapter 1890 Stepping on waves with two feet, holding a dragon ball with a ring in one hand

The bridge deck of Yangluo Bridge is long, some are as long as 3 feet and weigh 10 tons.

In the absence of large-scale mechanical equipment at that time, it could only be built by making full use of the tide of sea water.

At that time, the stone strips were placed on the boat, and the piers were fixed when the tide was high, and when the tide was low;

The hull is lowered, and the stone strips are placed in the second pier as the bridge deck.

The stone materials for the construction of Yangluo Bridge were also mined in Hui'an. Such a huge project must rely on Hui'an craftsmen to participate.

It is the stone materials from the East and West Pagodas in Quanshi, which were also mined and transported in Hui'an after research.

Its many round sculptures and relief statues of gods and Buddhas are also inseparable from the carvings of Hui'an craftsmen.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were more people in Hui'an who were admitted as Jinshi and became officials in the imperial court, and there were more stone carving products in various archways and cemeteries.

Chongwu Ancient City, built in the early Ming Dynasty, is a stone city built with stones.

Such relics include generals, horses, tigers, and sheep from Zhang Yue's tomb, and stone lions from Chongwu Town God's Temple.

These all marked the high level of stone carving technology at that time.

However, the ancient city of Chongwu in the Ming Dynasty was once destroyed, and the existing stone city was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty was a period of great development of Hui'an stone carvings. The artistic style tended to be refined, focusing on the beauty of line structure and shape charm, forming the southern style of Hui'an stone carvings.

This period is a link between the past and the future in the development history of Hui'an stone carving, and it is also the period when stone carving workers start to go out of Hui'an and develop outward.

In addition to all parts of the province, it also sent overseas Chinese and businessmen to Lijiapo, India, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian regions.

After the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], the style of architecture flourished on Taiwan Island.

During this period, many Hui'an craftsmen were absorbed to participate in stone carving processing and production on Taiwan Island, and many people settled in Taiwan.

Through the construction of Yangluo Bridge, we can actually see why Huian's traditional stone carving craft is called "crafty".

And its technological process mainly includes pinching, engraving, picking, carving, and four processes.

This technique is similar to that of other sculpture art schools, but it is more ingenious.

At this time, the imitations that Chen Wenzhe saw were all antique works.

For example, the earliest surviving one is the stone carving in front of Wang Chao's tomb, the elder brother of Wang Shen, the king of Fujian in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties;
The first beam-type harbor bridge in my country in the early Northern Song Dynasty—the stone carving project of Luowanan Bridge in Hui'an Yang;

T-shaped stone-built ancient city in Ming Dynasty——Chongwu Ancient City in Huian;
Huangtang Houguo Song Yanfeng Temple, a 1.75-meter-high statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva carved in rock.

Finally, there are statues of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva nearly 2 meters high, which are relatively precious.

In addition to these, there are others. For example, in the Shag Palace built by Yuan Jian in Nanpu Township, Hui'an, there are five pairs of openwork stone dragon pillars of diabase and granite.

Among the pair of big dragon pillars, the dragon head is not from bottom to top, but from top to bottom.

Looking at it at a glance, it looks like rising from the sea and then diving down suddenly, with a thunderous momentum, which makes people praise the superb skills of Hui'an stone carving artists;
Built in the 14th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty at the end of the peak of Houlong Township, the pair of openworked large dragon pillars in diabase in Dongyue Temple are particularly peculiar.

If you hit it with an object, the east pillar will make a sonorous sound, like a dragon in Xiling, while the west pillar will be silent, and you can distinguish between male and female.

It can be seen that the superb skills of Hui'an carvers and artists;
Fushi is located in front of the Fayu Hall in the mountain, and the dragon is coiled around the stone pillar from the top.

The overall style is smooth and elegant, and the fan-shaped scales are well-proportioned.

The legs and toes are strong and full of texture.

Stepping on the waves with both feet, holding a dragon ball with a ring in one hand, the antlers are auspicious, the whiskers of the shrimp are fluttering, and the tiger eyes are looking up at the sky, which has the dynamic feeling of roaring up and flying away.

Longshan Temple, one of the eight great sights of Taiwan Island, was built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The earth-shattering dragon pillars in the temple are treasures of the Southern School of dragon pillars. Only three pairs have been found in the country;
These are more precious, and some large buildings are also the masters of Hui'an stone carving art.

For example, Caiqian ancient houses in Nan'an, Neon Governor's Mansion in Taiwan, Xichan Temple in Fushi, Yongquan Temple in Gushan, Nanputuo in Xiamen, East and West Pagoda in Quanshi, etc., are numerous.

And the origin of all these arts is inseparable from Huian, why?
Hui'an stone carvings originated in the Tang Dynasty, when Hui'an County was an important military town, so it got its name because of its vertical and horizontal mountains and rich rocks.

This is the reason, the choice of stone is the first step in the production of Hui'an stone carving.

Stone materials from all over the world have their corresponding characteristics.

However, from the perspective of cost, stone carvings are generally purchased nearby.

Of course, if you want to know where the stone materials of Hui'an stone carvings come from, you have to know what are the main stone materials of Hui'an stone carvings?
Hui'an stone carvings are mainly made of southern rocks, which are hard in texture, compact in structure, bright in color, bright in crystal, free of blemishes and cracks.

In the process of material selection, craftsmen need to carefully select from many stones according to the creation needs and the characteristics of the stones, so as to ensure that the final work achieves the expected effect.

Stone is generally divided into granite, marble, sandstone and other categories simply according to its physical properties.

Hu Jian mainly produces granite rocks and a small amount of Jiulongbi marble.

Such as sesame white, Luoyuan red, sesame black, bluestone, yellow rust stone, etc.

These stone materials are also available in Hu Jian's local area.

In terms of bluestone, Hu Jian bluestone is cyan and green among many bluestone types.

In the true sense, it is worthy of the word "green".

The bluestone in some places, such as the so-called bluestone in Beihe, actually has a darker appearance, not a little bit different from blue.

Bluestone stone is generally used for relatively complex sculptures, such as embossed dragon plugs, ancient temple wall plugs and so on.

Then there is granite, the white stone of Hui'an stone carving, generally sesame white and white marble.

The fine-flowered sesame white stone in Beihu has made a lot of contributions to Hui'an stone carving.

In the past, the stone materials for carving Buddha statues in Huian stone carvings were mainly taken from Jinjiang, Xiamen and other places.

But the stone in these two places is white, which some customers like very much.

Of course, there are also some customers who like the darker white color, so they need to use the sesame white stone from Beihu.

In Xijiang, there are also sesame white granite stones of this carving level.

Sesame white stone is widely used, and it is very suitable for animal stone carvings, portrait stone carvings, mountain gate archways, railing pavilions, stone lamp stone towers, etc.

White marble stone is generally used in small handicrafts, as well as some slightly larger round sculptures and relief products, mainly indoor stone carving products.

The black stone materials of Hui'an stone carving generally include sesame black, Xishan black, and Yinsan black.

Among them, sesame black is the local granite stone in Hujianzhang City, while Xishan black is obviously from Xishan, and Yinsandu black is from Yinsan.

Sesame black stone is mostly used to make tombstones. Of course, sesame black is also commonly used in stone carving series products.

Yinsanhei and Xishanhei are also mainly used for stone steles and stone carvings, and a small amount is used for carving.

When these are not polished, they are generally off-white, and they are black after polishing.

The main artistic charm of black materials is reflected in the layering of black and white.

Black, white, off-white, the three are interlaced, making the work more three-dimensional.

(End of this chapter)