Bamboo carving, also known as bamboo carving, is to carve decorative patterns and characters on bamboo implements, or use bamboo roots to carve ornaments. Jinghuang bamboo carving originated from the palace bamboo reed craft of Qing Dynasty and flourished in the Qianlong period. It got its name because it was carved on the surface of the reed on the inner wall of bamboo. It is also called bamboo Ivory because of its steady color, simple and lustrous. Ancient scholars described it as ivory. Now, Jinghuang bamboo carving has become a provincial intangible cultural heritage project in Hebei Province.

Jinghuang bamboo carving is also called bamboo ivory.

Wang Leshu of Zhanggang village, Zhanggang Township, Xiong county is the inheritor of this intangible cultural heritage project. He was nurtured by his family since he was young and loved art sculpture and design. After graduating from middle school, he studied bamboo spring making and carving skills with his father. So far, he has worked for more than 30 years and received more than 20 apprentices. He has accumulated rich creative experience.

Wang said the technique was introduced into Xiongxian in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, a court sculptor was in a state of desperation. He fled from Beijing to Xiongxian county and was accepted by Wang Qingtian, Wang's grandfather. This artist taught Wang Qingtian the art of palace carving, and Wang Qingtian passed it on to the next generation, so that the art of palace bamboo carving was handed down in Xiongxian county.

The bamboo carving of Jinghuang comes from the palace bamboo craft of Qing Dynasty.

Bamboo spring technology breaks the limitations of bamboo raw materials. It can be square, round and flat. It integrates into the charm of traditional culture. The carving is fine and the works are lifelike. The production of bamboo spring is a very complex process, which often requires more than ten processes. The material of the bamboo spring is to use bamboo and Nanzhu, remove the outer skin and scrape the bamboo meat, leaving the inner layer of bamboo about millimeter, which is called the bamboo spring. After drying the bamboo spring pieces, paste them on the wooden tires of various shapes, and carve patterns.

Bamboo carvings of Jinghuang.

The bamboo carving technique of Jinghuang has been passed down for hundreds of years. It not only retains the original style of the traditional palace craft, but also shows the rich and colorful skills of the national craft. It has a high cultural and historical value.