Although with the continuous development of society, some craftsmen are gradually disappearing, and the grinders often seen in the last century have disappeared, but the inheritance of craftsman spirit is still in the tide of history. Master Long of Panwu Village in Guangxi is a very famous carpenter.
Master Long carved a root carving with a length of15m from 30 tons of nanmu? Oriental lion? Root carving is a kind of folk art, which has appeared since the Warring States Period. 1982, a root carving beast was unearthed from Mashan Chu Tomb in Jiangling, Hubei Province.
This root carving is a tiger-headed dragon, with four feet carved with snake, sparrow, frog, cicada and other patterns. More than two thousand years ago, the art of root carving reached the level of natural form and artificial carving. In the development of later generations, root carving was also used in clubs, pen containers, Buddha handles, pipes and furniture.
According to New Tang Book? "Biography of Li Mi" records: I tried to take pine branches and hide my back, which was called "nourishing harmony", and the latecomers were like dragons, because Xian Di contended with all directions. Li Bi collected natural roots and scratched the emperor's back in the shape of a dragon. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the root carving had matured.
In traditional root carving, the most commonly used wood is boxwood, ebony, beech, cypress, elm, dark wood, jujube and so on. But nanmu is rarely used. Nanmu is extremely precious. There are three kinds of nanmu. One is Xiangnan, also known as Zinan. The second is Jin Sinan; The third is nanmu, of which nanmu is the most precious.
According to Master Long, his nanmu? Oriental lion? Not all of them are made of nanmu. Some are used on the body and hair, but the lion's head is made of ordinary nanmu. Although everything has been considered, the golden nanmu is so precious.
It took him several months and more than 2 million yuan to collect the raw materials for carving, and it took him half a year to carve the lion. Since the exhibition, Nanmu Lion has also attracted great attention, and many people want to buy it.
But when I ask about the price, I get discouraged. One of the rich people understands? Oriental lion? Later, I planned to buy it at the price of 3 million, but this price did not reach the ideal price of Master Long, so I refused. The price proposed by Master Long is100,000 yuan.
But many people think this price is too expensive. What about this one? Oriental lion? It's been in the warehouse. Over the years, many people have asked about the price, but none of them satisfied Master Long. Is this wood carving important? Rotten? I have it in my hand.