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Modern Express News (Reporter Zheng Yang) The ancients said that jade is beautiful, and the national feelings of worshipping jade and loving jade are still deep-rooted, and jade carving skills are also an intangible cultural heritage skill. Xie Yu, 52 years old this year, is the representative inheritor of Xuzhou jade carving (Gulou jade carving), an intangible cultural heritage in Gulou District, Xuzhou City.
Xie Yu is creating jade carvings
Xie Yu is a native of Xuzhou, born in a military family, he has been fond of art since he was a child, and has been engaged in art and design related work since graduation. In 2000, Xie Yu worked as a designer of jade carving artwork in a jade carving studio in Xiangwang Lane, Gusu District, Suzhou City. This chance gave him a close connection with jade carving. After returning to Xuzhou, Xie Yu learned jade carving skills from a local master, Zhou Guangcheng, and in 2020, he entered the tutelage of Gu Yongjun, a master of Chinese arts and crafts and a master of jade altars, to continue his studies and further study of jade carving skills. In the same year, he was also named the representative inheritor of Xuzhou jade carving (Gulou jade carving), an intangible cultural heritage of Gulou District, Xuzhou City.
Certificate of intangible cultural heritage skills of jade carving
"We have 18 techniques for jade carving, the most commonly used of which are relief carving and three-dimensional carving." Xie Yu took his jade carving works and talked about jade carving skills. There are many varieties of jade carving materials, and the most commonly used ones are Hetian jade and jadeite. Over the years, Xie Yu has created one or two hundred works, and in 2021 he created a plate of "lotus jade" that is deeply loved. "There are 16 pieces in total, each of which has a different shape, and it took about ten days to create." Xie Yu said, pointing to the works on the table.
Jade carving work "Lotus Jade"
The work has also been to Shanghai and Suzhou to participate in competitions, and in 2020, it won the 12th China Shanghai Jade Carving "Jade Dragon Award". "Everyone who was there at the time mistakenly thought it was real, and it was delicious." Xie Yu recalled the scene of the competition at that time and said.
Xie Yu explains his work to his students
Xie Yu said that the quality of a jade carving work is mainly judged from three aspects. The first is the quality of jade, that is, the selected raw materials, the second is the process, which mainly depends on the skill of the jade carving master and the degree of refinement of the work, and finally the meaning of the work itself. At present, a total of 6 apprentices have learned jade carving skills from him. He said that in the future, he hopes to use jade as a medium to promote the culture of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty. He also hopes that through his own efforts, more people can understand jade carving. He also hopes that more people can know and fall in love with his hometown of Xuzhou through jade carving.