"Crooked, don't argue about this, the tools are ready, let's get started. Zhang Xiaoyu didn't believe that Zhang Tianyuan's carving skills could beat her, after all, she had obtained the true inheritance of the ghost axe Liu, couldn't she compare to a self-taught person?

The two of them immediately showed a difference.

"Old Liu, aren't you a native of Yancheng? What do I think Zhang Xiaoyu uses the carving techniques of the Southern School?" Since Zhang Tianyuan can carve, he naturally has some understanding of jade carving, and it is impossible not to know anything.

As soon as he looked at Zhang Xiaoyu's posture and the way he laid the knife, he could see that it must be the carving technique of the Southern School.

"Why don't you do it, look down on me?" Zhang Xiaoyu glanced at Zhang Tianyuan and said.

"Don't worry, you can do it first, I'll take a closer look. "Zhang Tianyuan really wants to do it, then the speed is fast, if he wants Zhang Xiaoyu to be completely convinced, then he has to come up with extraordinary skills, if it is only a little higher, then this proud woman may not be willing to work for him.

"Hmph, I'm not going to show mercy. After Zhang Xiaoyu finished speaking, he began to carve it seriously.

"The old man is indeed a native of Yancheng, but when he was an apprentice, he learned from the masters of the Southern Sect, and you also know the difference between the north and the south?" asked Liu Lao with a smile.

"I've done some research. First of all, the southern carving process is delicate, and the details are realistic and fine, especially on the jade ornaments; the northern carving process mostly uses concise knife methods to express the jade, usually leaving a large area on the jade, forming the characteristics of 'sparse and impermeable'. Zhang Tianyuan replied.

"Yes, yes, that's right. That's it. However, southern carvers have always been the mainstream of the market. According to a survey by an authoritative company, the market share of southern carvers and northern carvers in the market is at least 8:2. The market generally recognizes the southern carvers, but is not familiar with the northern carvers. The most fundamental of these is the historical cause. In the third dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, the southern carvers were highly valued by the emperors of the past dynasties. This is also the reason why the old man learned southern carving in the first place. Liu Lao nodded and said.

"Well, I know, take the typical 'squirrel eats grapes' theme in the Qing Dynasty, the northern carvers usually use a large leaf as the base to highlight the shape of the grapes on the surface, while the southern carvers carve out the grapes as a whole and hollow out the jade under the grapes. This made the southern carvers even more lovely, and at that time the southern carvers had already gained the upper hand. Zhang Tianyuan nodded.

"Oh, then do you know that the southern carvers also learned something from the northern carvers, what is it?" asked Liu Lao.

"I've just heard this happen. The southern carvers have always 'spared no good materials' and can sacrifice unnecessary parts for the sake of a fine product, while the northern carvers have always 'spared materials' and tried to keep the jade material intact. For example, if a piece of jade of about 50 grams is used to carve this piece of 'squirrel eating grapes', the finished product in the hands of the southern carvers is at most 20 to 30 grams, while the finished products in the hands of the northern carvers are estimated to be more than 40 grams.

From an artistic point of view, southern carvers are more extreme and perfect, but due to the gradual decline of Hetian jade, jadeite, and other jade materials, most collectors use weighing as one of the standards for measuring jade carving, so that southern carving craftsmen are gradually paying attention to this problem. Draw on the characteristics of northern carvers. Zhang Tianyuan replied.

"That's right, that's right, to the point, in fact, in modern times, there are many things that have been fused together by northern carvers and southern carvers. Liu Lao nodded approvingly.

"What is the use of the light. Hmph, it's not the same that the technology under your hands is not good. Zhang Xiaoyu stopped what he was doing and looked up and said.

"You girl. What the southern carvers want is fine, and you can't be distracted. Be careful. Liu Lao said sternly.

"Got it. Zhang Xiaoyu pouted and stopped talking. began to carve the jade phoenix in his hand more seriously and carefully.

"But Liu Lao, I have heard that in contemporary times, the southern carving workers are more influential than the northern carvings, and because the south gathers more masters, and the overall price is higher than that of the northern masters; there are more jade carving talents in the south than in the north, and there are successors, and the practitioners in the north are decreasing day by day; the jade carving industry in the south is very good, the influence is wide, and it is difficult for the north to become large-scale. Many young craftsmen from the north have gone to the south to learn jade carving. This trend has made the share of northern carvers in the market smaller and smaller. Zhang Tianyuan glanced at Zhang Xiaoyu's carving, the technique is indeed good, at this age can have such a carving, if he does not have the help of imitation words, it is really to bow down.

On the other hand, although the prices of the works of the masters of the north and the south are difficult to shake, with the expansion of individual industrial chains in the south, some craftsmen have also followed the 'shallow work style', and some jade carving goods are not in place - this attitude has reduced the collection value of some jade carvings. For many collectors, there should be no distinction between southern and northern carvers, but to choose their favorite styles and masterpieces for collection. Therefore, the northern carving actually still has a great market value, as the so-called rare things are expensive, not to say that less is not necessarily bad. Liu Lao thought for a while.

"That's right, it looks like this carving, you really can't follow the trend!" Zhang Tianyuan nodded and said: "Old Liu, if you are tired, go and rest first, I should also start carving, otherwise Miss Xiaoyu is afraid that I will blame me for looking down on her." ”

"No, I'm sitting here drinking tea and watching, but it's also fun. Liu Lao smiled and said with a smile, in fact, he really wanted to see what Zhang Tianyuan's carving technique was, after all, he was so bragged about by Shi Lao Wang and others, if he didn't see it with his own eyes, he would really feel a little uncomfortable.

Zhang Tianyuan smiled, stopped talking, and the carving knife in his hand flew quickly, the movement was simply smooth, and there was no slowness at all, and after only a few minutes, he had already caught up with Zhang Xiaoyu's progress.

Zhang Xiaoyu stole a glance and almost made the wrong knife.

"You!"

"Don't speak, carve with peace of mind, this is the last comparison of the carver. It's not speed. Zhang Tianyuan reminded.

Zhang Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and he really didn't dare to speak anymore. I almost went wrong just now because of distraction, so I'll have to be more careful now. Originally, the speed could not be compared with Zhang Tianyuan, so he could only work the carving.

In fact, she didn't know that in the past few minutes, she had actually lost, at least in the eyes of referee Liu Lao, she had already lost.

Liu Lao originally thought that Zhang Tianyuan belonged to the northern carving method, although he was interested, he didn't particularly care, but it didn't matter. The small teapot in his hand forgot to drink water.

Flower embossing, jumping knife, Han eight knife, pretty color, silhouette...... This is all ancient carving techniques, Zhang Tianyuan's first release, neither belongs to the northern carver, nor belongs to the southern carver, it is a retro carving technique, some of the techniques he can't even name, but it looks so graceful.

How is this possible!

Liu Laoshi was too surprised, even if the ancient carving master was resurrected, it would not be possible to integrate it so much. Who is this kid's master, and he is so powerful, no wonder even picky collectors like Shi Lao Wang and Xiao Fengrui are impressed.

After thousands of years of development, China's jade carving art has created countless shocking art masterpieces. As the old saying goes, "if the jade is not cut, it will not be made". It can be seen that a piece of beautiful jade can only become an exquisite art treasure after the ingenious conception and ghostly carving of the jade people.

After thousands of years of development, China's jade craft is famous for its exquisite skills and beautiful shapes, and has become a unique treasure in the world, enjoying the reputation of "Oriental Art". With their own diligence and wisdom, the jade quality, jade color and technology, national characteristics of the jade into one, the jade into one, the jade boutique is undoubtedly the inheritance of China's culture, but also the precious wealth of the world's art forest.

However, because the history is so long. Many carving techniques have long since disappeared into history, perhaps because of war, or for other reasons. But what is certain is that countless ingenious tricks have been buried. Lost.

However, today, Liu Lao saw in Zhang Tianyuan's hands a skill that should have been lost. How could he not be excited.

However, seeing Zhang Tianyuan's serious appearance, he didn't dare to disturb him, and kept sitting there admiring it.

This sitting, it was actually half a day, and he even forgot to have dinner in the middle, and it was about seven o'clock in the evening, Zhang Tianyuan moved his muscles and stood up.

"Old Liu, I'm done, you can taste it. ”

To tell the truth, when carving, Zhang Tianyuan really devoted himself to it, and even forgot about his hunger, and when he got up at this time, he realized that his stomach was already growling.

"The phoenix is the king of birds, used to symbolize the virtue of the Ming monarch, and the feathers are extremely beautiful. Symbolize the beautiful life! And the phoenix that flies with wings, it is a symbol of the husband and wife's hundred years of love, your phoenix carved vividly, both the northern carving of the bold and uninhibited, and the southern carving of the delicate and exquisite, the two are very cleverly combined. The most amazing thing is that almost all of your carving techniques are the skills of the ancients, and some of them have even been lost long ago, can you tell me, where did you get it?" Liu Lao first tasted it, but what he was really most interested in was actually Zhang Tianyuan's carving skills.

Hearing this, Zhang Tianyuan has actually been prepared for a long time, this carving skill is different from others, unlike the six-character true trick that cannot be lightly exposed, since you want to carve, sooner or later you will let others see it, this is a real skill, even if others doubt it, they will not forget to think about superpowers.

The unwarranted dead ghost master was directly pulled out by him to cushion his back.

"I used to tell Shi Lao Wang that I had apprenticed to a master and learned the skills of gambling on stone treasures, but in fact I also learned carving, painting, and calligraphy, but I lied, in fact, when the master and I first met, it was when I was a freshman, in the four years of college, and in the days afterward, I secretly studied with him, and it took more than ten years to have today's achievements. ”

"Ten years of accumulation, accumulation, a blockbuster! Amazing! Amazing! It's rare for you to have such patience. Liu Lao said with emotion: "It's just that if your skills can't be passed on, it's a pity." ”

"Liu Lao, don't worry, I have a vocational and technical school in Shangpu, and I want to expand the scale in the future and strive to make it a world-famous private university, and my carving techniques will also be compiled into teaching materials and set up majors, and this thing will not be lost again." Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.

"Good, good, good, it's rare that you have this ambition!" (To be continued......)