How many of the eight realms of jade carving can you experience?

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-29

There are three realms in life: one is to see the mountain is the mountain, and the water is the water. The second is to see that the mountain is not a mountain, and the water is not water. The third is to look at the mountain or the mountain, and the water is still the water.

Jade carving works also have realms, and these eight realms are also the ultimate pursuit of jade carving craftsmen. Today, let's talk about the eight realms of jade carving works!

Jade God Dushan Jade Boutique "Heart Road".

The first realm: both form and spirit

The first thing to pay attention to is that jade carving works have both form and spirit. Jade carving belongs to the art of carving, the first pursuit is to resemble the shape, but the jade carving is not enough just to resemble the shape, you also have to pursue the likeness. Everything in heaven and earth has Shen Yun, and the realization of Shen Yun is a higher requirement.

Jade God Dushan Jade Boutique "Green Peak Boat".

A jade carving work can only have great appeal if it has both form and spirit. Make people see it, as if they are there, and empathize with it.

The second realm: the joy of agility

In jade carving, the expression of smart fun mainly reflects the use of ** strips, water has water lines, and flying has a flying track. That is, the carver needs to have a deep feeling and understanding of nature, so that he can grasp the rhythm of the lines and streamlines to the extreme, and create jade carving works with smart interest.

Jade God Dushan Jade Boutique "The Wind Outside the Curtain".

The third realm: subtle forbearance

On the premise of having both form and spirit, and the realization of smart fun, jade carving works must also reach a realm of subtlety and forbearance.

The subtle beauty and the way of forbearance have always been extremely advocated by the Chinese. Then jade carving is no exception.

Jade God Dushan Jade Boutique "Ink Orchid".

Straightforward and abrupt, implicitly conveying beauty, with winding paths and subtle forbearance as the carving criteria, so that the works exude temperament from the inside out. How to make the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of the jade carving characters just right, and the wind blowing the birds and singing at the right time, this is what the jade carvers need to think about seriously.

The fourth realm: small in the big

The fourth realm of jade carving: small in the big. For example, landscape jade carving, this is a model of seeing the big in the small. Between the sizes, there is heaven and earth and earth. This is also quite a test of the carver's skills.

Jade God Dushan Jade Boutique "Sit and watch the peak of the Xieyang River".

It is more like a microcosm, this world has nature and society, and through these scenes, it gives people a sense of the vastness of a small world.

The fifth realm: great ingenuity

Great wisdom and foolishness are the wisdom of life, and great ingenuity is the skill of jade carving. It contains the power of culture and the essence of thought. To express life, it does not necessarily have to be full of flowers and vitality.

Jade God Dushan Jade Boutique "On the Way to School".

Sometimes the waves are strange and strange, dark and decaying, but it is also another posture of life; To perform well, it does not necessarily have to be fish, insects and birds to sing, and everything recovers. Sometimes the starry night lacks the moon, and the regret is insufficient, which is also another beautiful display.

The sixth realm: the combination of virtual and real

The combination of virtual and real is to make the jade carving works between figuration and abstraction, the virtual is real, and the real is virtual. What kind of artistic conception should be conveyed in the void place, and what kind of temperament should be exuded by the moving part.

The jade god Dushan jade boutique "Mountain Flowers".

Poetry pays attention to imagery, and jade carving also pays attention to imagery. Fiction is meaning, reality is image. When we appreciate a jade carving work, we should also feel more about the virtual part, and often this part is what the jade carver really wants to convey to us.

The seventh realm: the beauty of harmony

Chinese pay attention to the harmony between man and nature, no matter how big or small, all elements into a large whole should be the basic criterion to achieve the enjoyment of beauty.

Jade God Dushan Jade Boutique "Moon Seal Dunhuang".

On the premise of realizing the requirements of each element, jade carving works should also pay attention to the overall harmonious beauty. This is a test of the engraver's ability to make the overall layout and design the composition. The front and back, the left and right, the height of the distance, the proportion of the modeling, and the design and treatment of the combination of each part are reasonable, all determine the overall beauty of the jade carving works.

The eighth realm: carrying the Tao with art

Any superb and extraordinary jade carving skill is the means and way to realize the Tao. So what is the Word? The Tao is the pursuit of life, the Tao is the belief of personality, the Tao is ethereal and elusive, and the Tao can be made concrete and real by carrying the Tao with art.

Jade God Dushan Jade Boutique "Style".

Jade carving is a microcosm of thought, a good jade carving can make people have flawed thoughts, and have joy, anger and sorrow. The one that allows people to see the new world is a good jade carving. ■

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