"Nine cockroaches" rubbing walnuts and "Nine Dragons" rubbing walnuts have their own merits, and I specially left them for the pressure of the array.

"Nine cockroaches" rub hands walnuts are irregular oval, the maximum diameter is nearly 4 cm, the color is purple and brown and bright, there is a sense of moisture, the feel is ripe and smooth, it is an old and ripe thing.

The dragon and the dragon are all dragons, and the nine dragons are supreme, so there are nine dragon halls in the Han and Wei dynasties, nine dragon tents in the five dynasties, nine dragon crowns, nine dragon robes, nine dragon walls, nine dragon pillars, and so on, the totem of the dragon has become a symbol of Chinese civilization.

"Nine mantles" kneading hand walnut and "Kowloon" kneading hand walnut are selected pecan carving, the artist relies on the chest bamboo to control the knife and pen, the knife is full of intricate wrinkles and stalks of the core shell as a chaotic day, carved clouds fluttering, purple gas is diffuse, nine chicoles or bend the side to look back and move on the clouds, or head high in the fog, and the nine dragons through the flying and tumbling, pushing the clouds and removing the fog, or two appear in their bodies, or Lingyun straight up. 4 walnuts, dragons leaping, all frolicking and flying in the sea of clouds and fog.

The intricate surface wrinkles of the hickory are like criss-crossing high hills and deep valleys, and the knife catcher must not only have the ability to skillfully use this complex shape to make the intention shape of the nine cockroaches and the nine dragons, but also have the rich associations of modifying the intention shape at any time according to the knife road, and strive to strive for the nine cockroaches and the nine dragons are not congested, the cockroaches and the cockroaches echo, the dragon and the dragon have expectations, the clouds and the qi are connected, and the "ball" and the "ball" are separate and unified.

"Nine Cockroaches" rub their hands walnut knife road is rough, the lines are not round, more than strong, wild interest is more important than elegance. The artist clearly pays attention to the shape and does not care about the subtle carving, and the head is obviously "square bucket-shaped".

"Nine Dragons" rub the walnut copper color, the feel is moist and ripe, the knife is round, the lines are delicate, although the picture is full, but the dragon and the dragon are separated, and the scales are distinct. As for the boldness of the knife, the richness of imagination, and the sparseness and complexity of the composition and layout, it can be seen that he is familiar with it. Even though these two pieces of walnut are unsigned, who's to say that its author deserves the reputation of an unknown master?

Compared with kneading walnuts, almond kernel carving is really insignificant, it is a small point in the nuclear carving, but small and subtle, play can add Yaxing. Like the almond kernel carving "macaque", only 2 centimeters high, carving the whole nucleus for a sitting monkey, holding food with both hands, is biting and eating, the form is lively, the knife is rough, but the lines are accurate and concise, a few strokes and a few knives, the naughty little monkey is about to come out. Although it is so inconspicuous, it is subtle and well-behaved, and everyone loves it.

Whether it is kneading hand walnut, or olive pit carving, peach pit carving, apricot pit carving, its exquisite work is enough to fascinate people, if not, why will the princes and bellors rub their hands walnut to the palace for the royal family to enjoy? Princes, nobles and even literati and doctors love to rub their hands with walnuts, or weave silk mesh bags to hang around the waist as decorations, and shake them with the sound of "snorting" and enjoying the ears; Or meditate or idle when playing in the palm of your fingers, rubbing to have a relaxing pleasure, strengthen the mind.

So rubbing the hands of the walnut got a perfect nickname, called "Wenwan Walnut", and other nuclear carvings are naturally "Wenwan nuclear carving". The so-called "cultural play" means that the nuclear carving should be among the works of art, its subtlety, its elegance, its fragrance, its charm, can be contained in the "clear and elegant" four words, but it is not "cultural play" is the only one? At a time when today's collecting industry is developing more and more towards the high realm of collecting treasures and toys, the cultural toys are not only exquisite products, but also the nuclear carvings of works of art, which naturally become worthy.

Nuclear carving is a must in folk art. It is on the core of the plant, using its appearance characteristics or undulating changes, carving out a variety of figures, animals, landscapes, buildings, platforms, pavilions, pavilions, etc. The raw materials of the nuclear carving are walnut, peach pit, olive pit, ivory fruit pit, apricot pit, cherry pit, etc., the best one is the olive pit, the volume is only the size of a finger.

The difficulty of carving on such a small olive pit can be imagined. It is precisely because of the high difficulty of its operation that the nuclear carving technique is rarely passed on. The origin of pit carving has yet to be verified.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, China's large-scale sculpture art did not develop greatly, but the decorative production of small sculptures and handicrafts was vigorous and creative. Among them, the peach pit, apricot core carving and olive core carving is a quite distinctive variety, and the conception and carving of its works have reached a very high level of craftsmanship and artistic realm, which is called "miniature carving magic skills, artistic wonders".

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the miniature carving art of this kind of nuclear carving can be called a must, at that time, the official eunuchs and merchants in the capital and Jiangsu and Zhejiang were popular to enjoy the antiques such as bamboo, wood and ivory carving, and the exquisite and exquisite nuclear carving artwork was one of the popular ones that people collected at that time.

According to historical records and cultural relics research, the fruit core carving has reached a very high artistic level in the Ming Dynasty, during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Baiyan carved 16 children on the olive core, each child is only half a grain of rice size, the eyebrows are clear.

The most famous fruit sculptor of the Ming Dynasty was Wang Yi (the word Shuyuan, the first Pingshan person) of Yushan (now Changshu) in Jiangsu during the Apocalypse. The "Red Cliff Boat" he created in the second year of the Apocalypse (1622) is a treasure in the history of fruit core carving.

The length of the boat is about 3 centimeters (cm), the height is about 0.5cm, the middle is the cabin, the top is covered with a canopy, and the small windows are opened on the side, 4 on the left and right, and can be opened and closed. On the carved railing next to the window, the right is engraved with "the mountain is high and the moon is small", "the water falls out of the stone", and the left is engraved with "the breeze comes slowly" and "the water waves are not prosperous".

The bow of the ship engraved Su Dongpo and his friend Huang Luzhi, Buddha Yin monk 3 people, of which Su Dongpo, Huang Luzhi two people hold a book to read, and Buddha Yin monk is like Maitreya, chest and breasts, left arm hanging rosary, rosary beads can be counted.

The stern of the boat is horizontally and vertically, and the left and right sides of the boat are carved with a boatman. The inscription on the back of the ship: "Apocalypse Renxu Autumn Yushan Wang Yi Uncle Yuanen". The handwriting is as thin as a mosquito's foot, and the seal seal is engraved "Chu Pingshan people". This nuclear boat became a model for later generations of famous fruit carving craftsmen to follow. "Dongpo Red Cliff Rafting Map" pushed the art of nuclear carving to the peak of history.

Wei Xueyi, a literati of the Ming Dynasty, wrote an article "The Story of the Nuclear Boat" to record it in detail. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, "The Story of the Nuclear Boat" was included in middle school textbooks, and the nuclear boat was also famous in China. Yixing sculptor Qiu Shan is good at walnut carving, and most of the themes are Su Dongpo tour red cliffs, fishermen's houses, flower baskets, landscapes, etc.

In the Qing Dynasty, the artistic level of fruit core carving was further improved, and Jiangsu was the traditional production area. During the Kangxi period, Suzhou Jin Lao (name unknown), Jiading Feng Xilu and Suzhou Du Shiyuan and Shen Junyu during the Qianlong period were all famous fruit core carving masters.

Feng Xilu's olive core carving "Grass Bridge Dream", the houses, figures, etc. are properly arranged in composition, and with the sparse willow Tibetan crow, Chaimen lying dog, fully express the night scene of the countryside. Shen Junyu's olive core carving "Hunchbacked Old Man", wearing a brown hat, growing a beard, with patches on the shoulders of his clothes, holding a fan, on which are engraved with poems; He carved the "macaque" with bayberry kernel, eyebrows and eyes, according to the record of "gold and jade trivial", some artists carved with peach kernel to connect into 108 rosaries, each rosary carved with 3~6 arhats, different postures, all the same faces.

In addition, during the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods, Fang Jianshao, a famous carpenter craftsman in Xiapu, Fujian, created the "Dongpo Tour Red Cliff", "the canopy window is supported, and the river willows are covered", and the characters and oars in the boat are depicted in detail. From ancient times to the present, there are countless celebrities who play nuclear, from the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, to the princes and ministers, from the rich and wealthy merchants to the three religions and nine streams, Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Xizong carved by himself, and the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was even more partial to nuclear carving.

They use the small nuclear carving as a pendant hanging under the belt, fan or embroidered bag, as a decoration and embellishment, on the one hand, it can also be enjoyed. Later, in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, nuclear carving items were not only used as pendant decorations and decorations, but also many olive pit and walnut pit carving handicrafts were specially designed for literati or rich children to rub and play.

The various flower boats carved with olive pits can also be equipped with hollow carved ivory and mahogany seats, which can be displayed on miniature Bogu shelves. The value of the core carvings has also continued to rise, and it has gradually become a handicraft with multiple functions such as collection, appreciation, appreciation, and fitness.

With its unique artistic charm, the nuclear carving has amazed and fascinated countless collectors and players, and the market has always been optimistic, which has also stimulated the creative enthusiasm and talent of the ingenious artists. Today's nuclear carving inherits the exquisite traditional skills of its predecessors, and at the same time integrates the content and techniques of the new era, pushing this ancient and magical folk art to another peak.

In the past, people knew that the nuclear boat performance is mostly ancient characters, Hebei Province arts and crafts master Yang Hongwu carved the nuclear boat "South Lake Red Boat" to the portrait of the portrait of the nuclear boat into the creation, realistic portrayal of a representative of the party, showing the "sunrise in the East, open the world" of the great initiative, when for a new face, is not only the ancient for the present, but also the new, so that the ancient nuclear boat art has given a new connotation.

The nuclear boat "Nanhu Red Boat", made of olive core, was created by Mr. Yang Hongwu in June 2006 and donated to the China Maritime Museum on March 12, 2009. It is reported that in addition to the "Red Boat of the South Lake", the nuclear sculpture donated by Yang Hongwu this time also includes two works: "Queen of Heaven" and "Zheng Chenggong Misses His Hometown".

Nuclear carving this delicate and small and exquisite miniature handicrafts, as long as the carver carving skills are exquisite, the subject matter of the creation is in line with the taste of contemporary enjoyment and collectors, and has a certain novelty and taste, such nuclear carving will always be favored and cherished.

The main tools for core carving are filing, chiseling, and drilling. There are hair files, light files, and round files. There are two kinds of chisel knives: square chisel and round chisel. The process of pit carving is:

(1) Use a hair file and a light file to carry out preliminary processing of the kernel.

(2) Design the idea and draw a sample on the kernel.

(3) Use a round file to rough process according to the drawing pattern to make a rough shape.

(4) Carve the details with a chisel, and depict the eyebrows and eyes of the characters with a small square chisel, and depict the mouth with a small round chisel.

(5) Polishing and waxing. Finally, the eyes are pierced, strung together to form a rosary, or with a base, as an appreciation.

As the name suggests, olive pit carving is to carve various animals and human figures on the small olive pit, among which the carving of the zodiac is the most representative.

Rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, and pigs have their own modalities and are vivid. There are also eighteen arhats, eight immortals across the sea, all kinds of flowers, birds, insects and fish and other carvings, carved mostly fairy figures, evil beasts, mascots, etc., delicate and exquisite, is a kind of pendant hanging under the clothes belt or fan or embroidery bag, as decoration and embellishment, can also be enjoyed.

Since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, nuclear carving items are mostly carved with olive pits and walnut pits, which are specially used for literati or rich children to rub and play with. The various flower boats carved with olive pits can also be equipped with hollow carved ivory and mahogany seats, which can be displayed on miniature Bogu shelves.

The main tools of nuclear carving are filing, chiseling, and drilling. There are hair files, light files, and round files; There are two kinds of chisel knives: square chisel and round chisel. First, the core of the fruit is preliminarily processed with a hair file and a light file, and then the design concept is designed, and the sample is drawn on the core.

After the sample process, the round file is used to rough process the drawing pattern to make a rough shape; Use a chisel to carve the details, and use a small square chisel to depict the eyebrows and eyes of the figure, and a small round chisel to depict the mouth, etc.; Finally, it is polished, waxed, eye-punched, strung together to form a rosary, or with a base, it becomes an appreciation.

The earliest nuclear carving works of nuclear carving artists are the article "Nuclear Boat Records" written by Wei Xueyun in the Ming Dynasty. Ming Wei Xue's "Nuclear Boat Record" describes the olive core boat "Dongpo Red Cliff Tour" made by Wang Yi (word Shuyuan), a nuclear carving artist during the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse, with lifelike characters and picturesque boats.

It is quite influential in olive core carving in the area of Guangfu and Zhoushan in Suzhou; The various patterns carved into the olive pits are as many as the real thing, and the craftsmanship is quite exquisite.

A pair of skillful hands and a peach pit, this person has spent 60 years inheriting and guarding Yan Liang's nuclear carving skills

"There are obviously KitKat people who say that Wang Shuyuan can use the diameter of the wood for the palace, utensils, people, as well as birds and beasts, wood and stone, regardless of the situation, each with its own mood." Wei Xueyun's "The Story of the Nuclear Boat" in the Ming Dynasty allows us to appreciate a generation of strange people Wang Zhiyuan and his ingenious nuclear carving art.

"There are obviously KitKat people who say that Wang Shuyuan is far away, and he can use the wood of the inch in diameter to be the palace, utensils, people, as well as birds and beasts, wood and stone, regardless of the situation, and each has its own mood." Wei Xueyun's "The Story of the Nuclear Boat" in the Ming Dynasty allows us to appreciate a generation of strange people Wang Zhiyuan and his ingenious nuclear carving art.

"There are obviously KitKat people who say that Wang Shuyuan can use the diameter of the wood for the palace, utensils, people, as well as birds and beasts, wood and stone, regardless of the situation, each with its own mood." Wei Xueyun's "The Story of the Nuclear Boat" in the Ming Dynasty allows us to appreciate a generation of strange people Wang Zhiyuan and his ingenious nuclear carving art.

The Si people are far away, and the empty past makes people enjoy their feelings. However, the ancient Chinese skill has always been passed down from generation to generation, and there are always generations of craftsmen who are willing to spend their lives protecting and sustaining it. Although there is no Wang Shuyuan today, the nuclear carving skills are still being inherited. In Xi'an Yanliang, there is a nuclear carving skill inheritor named Zhao Bingke, because of his exquisite skills, he is called "peach pit Zhao".

"Taohe Zhao" is originally from Lantian, Shaanxi, and was born in 1943 in the ancient city of Xi'an in a family of artists. At the age of 16, he studied nuclear carving and lacquer carving skills under Mr. Sun Guangming, a famous old nuclear carving artist in China, and Mr. Yang Shangwu, an old lacquerware artist, and at the same time attacked stone, bone, wood, seal carving and other carving arts. So far, he has been engaged in the art of nuclear carving for more than 50 years, and his works are well-known at home and abroad, and in 2008, he was named the first batch of inheritors of intangible cultural heritage in Shaanxi Province by the Shaanxi Provincial Government.

Today, we are eagerly calling for the "craftsman spirit", the so-called "craftsman spirit" is to be able to keep loneliness, persistent, obsessed with one thing, repeat the same tedious and complex process every day but never get tired, and are willing to spend a lifetime to protect it and inherit it.

In this sense, "Peach Kernel Zhao" is a real craftsman, he is obsessed with peach kernel carving, nearly 60 years of nuclear carving career, it seems that the same process is repeated every day, but every day is new to him, and each process is also new to him.