Teochew woodcarving, or Chaozhou woodcarving (
Chinese:
潮州木雕;
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese fo ...
: Cháozhōumùdiāo), is a form of Chinese
wood carving
Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentati ...
originating from the
Tang Dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...
. It is very popular in
Chaoshan
Chaoshan or Teoswa (; peng'im: ''Dio5suan1'' i̯o˥˥꜖꜖.sũ̯ã˧˧ is a cultural-linguistic region in the east of Guangdong, China. It is the origin of the Min Nan Chaoshan dialect (). The region, also known as Chiushan in Cantonese, c ...
, a region in the east of
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...
. The
Teochew people
The Teochew people or Chaoshan people (rendered Têo-Swa in romanized Teoswa and Chaoshan in Standard Chinese also known as Teo-Swa in mainland China due to a change in place names) is anyone native to the historical Chaoshan region in south ...
used a great deal of Teochew wood carving in their splendid buildings.
Gallery
File:Chaozhou Woodcarving in PN.jpg ,
File:Chaozhou Woodcarving in PN2.jpg ,
File:Chaozhou Woodcarving2.jpg ,
File:Chaozhou Woodcarving4.jpg ,
File:Chaozhou Woodcarving in PN3.jpg
File:Chaozhou Woodcarving in PN4.jpg ,
File:Tools of Chaozhou Woodcarving.jpg , Tools of Chaozhou Woodcarving at Guangdong Museum
File:Pigment of chaozhou woodcarving.JPG , Pigment of Teochew woodcarving at Guangdong Museum
See also
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Cantonese architecture
Lingnan architecture (), or Cantonese architecture, refers to the characteristic architectural style(s) of the Lingnan region – the Southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. Usually, it is referring to the architecture associated wi ...
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Cantonese garden
External links
Chaozhou woodcarving
Woodcarving
Teochew culture
Cantonese folk art
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