Wenzhou Stone Carvings

Wenzhou Stone Carvings are mainly made of high-quality pyrophyllite from Qingtian, with rich colors, peculiar patterns, various types, waxy luster and slippery feeling. If you want to make exquisite stone carvings, you need to have supporting tools: chisels, carving knives, turning drills, barbed bars (a tool with sharp copper thorns all over), saws and so on.

The production process is roughly divided into five steps: firstly, material selection, conception and layout; The second step is called "blank beating and blank poking", that is, chopping the stone out of the outline of the work; Further, many round holes with different sizes are left on the stone to create conditions for the carving of wisps; Finally, it is carefully carved, scraping away unwanted knife marks and chiseling, so that the work is bright and clean. After the work is carved, some decorative work will be carried out, such as: seating, padding, polishing and waxing. Stone carving techniques are diverse, with round carving. Carving is the most common, and carving is the most distinctive.

The stone carvings in Wenzhou are very beautiful, showing superb skills and local characteristics, so they are deeply loved by tourists at home and abroad.

rice sculpture

The production of rice sculpture is to use cooked rice flour balls as raw materials, and make various vivid and colorful figures, animals, flowers and birds by kneading, kneading, pinching and carving. Because rice sculptures vary in size, they are mostly used for festive festivals and birthday celebrations, and as communication gifts for relatives and friends.

Three-inch mandarin oranges break Yongjia

During the Qingming Festival, the once-popular Wenzhou mandarin oranges have disappeared from the market. The humble mandarin orange began to appear in BLACKPINK, which was very popular. Wenzhou has a long history of citrus cultivation. According to the Three Kingdoms? Wu Shenying's Records of Foreign Bodies in Linhai contains: "Chickens and oranges are as big as fingers and sweet, which are found in Yongning." During the Three Kingdoms period, Wenzhou belonged to Yongning County, Linhai County. It can be seen that the kumquat in Wenzhou was very famous more than 17 years ago. According to historical records, during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao sent messengers to Yongjia, selected 4 mandarins of mandarin oranges and shipped them back to Yejun, the capital city.

in the Tang and song dynasties, Wenzhou mandarin orange was famous all over the country for its high quality and delicious taste, and became the fruit distributed to the princes during the Lantern Festival. New Tang Book? According to Geographical Records, mandarin oranges, sugarcane, homespun and chaff were listed as court tributes as early as the Tang Dynasty. Yuan Lin's "Ganzi Ji" contains: "Tang Kaiyuan, Tianzi Yuanxi will slaughter the attendants, and the yellow oranges will be given a gift, and the number is: Pass the oranges." "History of Song Dynasty" recorded that "Wenzhou orange was stopped at noon in August of the 24th year of Emperor Gaozong Shaoxing". Yellow orange is orange. At that time, mandarin oranges were also sold on the streets of Kaifeng, the capital. Liang Zhangju's "The Journey to the West" contains: "The orange of Yongjia is commonly called Ougan. Those who sell it to the capital are called spring oranges, which have been famous since the Tang and Song Dynasties. Dongpo's poem "The Second Rhyme Zeng Zhongxi Seeing the Sun in Yuan Dynasty":' The strange things in Yannan are really memorable, and the three-inch orange breaks Yongjia'. " Mei Yaochen's Poem on Humming Citrus with Shen Wen: "Yu Gong Shu Jue Bao, I don't know the beauty of yellow citrus. It' s a familiar story, and it' s better than Mo Yongjia. " It can be seen that Ougan has been well-known since ancient times. No wonder Zhang Shinan sighed that "Yongjia's orange is the best in the world" in "Travel Official Records"! Until the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, orange was still listed as a tribute.

In the fifth year of Emperor Xiaozong's reign of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty (1178), Han Yanzhi, the eldest son of Han Shizhong, a famous anti-gold star, compiled "Orange Record" (also known as "Yongjia Orange Record"), which recorded the varieties and characteristics of Wenzhou oranges in detail, and summarized the cultivation, initial planting, cultivation, disease removal, watering, picking, collection, control and medicine of oranges at that time. "Orange Record" is the earliest and most complete academic monograph on citrus in the world, and it still has important academic value, which is considered by the international botany community as a "very valuable work on citrus horticulture". According to the Records of Oranges, there were 27 kinds of oranges in Wenzhou at that time, especially the milk oranges produced in Mudan (now Yishan, Cangnan) were treasures. As early as the Song Dynasty, orange was abundant in the suburb of Xishan. "Talking about the Sea" contains: "The land of Yongjia is the best place to plant oranges. The spectrum of song and Han Shouyan's straightness is sufficient evidence. Song Shi was born in Xishan. Ye Zhengzheng said:' Wuqiao Lane, opposite, is the first in Xishan. All forests are citrus reticulata, and no water is no lotus.' This is also the evidence. Later, it flourished in the river field across the river, and it was just on the top, while Nanxian gradually extended to Wutian, the eleventh capital. "In the Ming Dynasty, when Ougan was spread to Japan, it was cultivated into Wenzhou mandarin. This kind of citrus, which is the most widely planted and produces the most in the world, has lost its unique flavor. In recent years, after years of careful research and cultivation by scientific and technological personnel, a new variety of seedless mandarin orange has come out, opening up a new world for the ancient mandarin orange. Mandarin orange is a good medicine for rare fruits. It is rich in carbohydrates, protein, fat, organic acids, vitamins and minerals, among which vitamin C is higher than that of ordinary fruits. Mandarin orange can be made into candied fruit, fruit wine, fruit juice and canned food besides fresh food. When the mandarin orange was just picked, it was slightly bitter and sour. After long-term storage, the bitter taste is gone, soft and juicy, sweet and refreshing. With the continuous progress of fruit storage technology, orange can be stored for one year, which is impossible for other oranges. Mandarin orange is a good medicine, which can cure diseases, and has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, removing phlegm and relieving cough, moistening lung and relieving asthma, diminishing inflammation and detoxifying, etc., especially after long-term storage, the medicinal effect is better. There is a folk proverb: "Dragon Boat Festival mandarin orange race antelope".

ou embroidery

ou embroidery is one of the six famous embroideries in China. As early as the Tang and Song Dynasties, Wenzhou folk embroidery spread all over thousands of households. Embroideries are mostly vamps, pillows and the like. In 1853, Wenzhou set up a professional embroidery shop. By the 192s, various embroidery shops invited painters to paint, increased the variety of embroidery, and gradually developed into decorations and appreciation products, which were exported to Europe, America and Southeast Asia. In 198, Zhang Guomin, a senior craftsman, designed "Jin Yu Ying Chun", which was collected by the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and displayed in Zhejiang Hall. In recent years, the masterpieces of Ou Embroidery Workshop have been selected as national gifts for many times, selected into the China Arts and Crafts Exhibition and exhibited abroad.

boxwood carving, Wenzhou

One of the famous traditional handicrafts in Zhejiang, mainly produced in Wenzhou. Boxwood is used as carving material, hence the name. Known for its quaint beauty, it is also called "Zhejiang Three Carvings" with Qingtian Stone Carving and Dongyang Wood Carving. Boxwood is tough in texture, fine in texture, smooth in surface and Huang Liang in color. After being finely carved and polished, it can be compared with ivory carving. Can be preserved for a long time, and the color changes from light to dark with age, which is more quaint and lovely. It is characterized by exquisiteness and delicacy, bright knife method, appropriate density and both form and spirit. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Zi, a famous Wenzhou artist, often created a number of outstanding works by using unique round carving techniques. In 191, he was sent to Nanyang Quanye Association for exhibition and won the excellent prize. In 1915, he won the second prize of Panama World Expo. Since then, it has become famous and there are more and more sculptors. Boxwood is small in size and suitable for carving small desk furnishings such as figures and animals. Since 198s, artists have absorbed the advantages of stone carving and tooth carving, and applied hollowing out and group image splicing to reflect grand scenes and better express the theme. Products are sold to more than 3 countries and regions on five continents.

Wenzhou Fish Cake

was famous as early as the 1th year of the Republic of China (1921). At that time, Zhou Ashi, a native of Yongqiangsha Village, monopolized fish cakes. The main raw materials are tofu, mountain flour and fat, which are made into long strips, steamed in a steamer and then fried in an oil pan. People call it "fish cake". Now, the method of making fish cakes has been further improved. When making fish cakes, firstly, fish such as yellow croaker and hairtail, which are less prickly and fleshy, are scraped into minced meat, added with wine, mixed with human tofu, mashed vegetables, onions, ginger and sweet potato powder and kneaded into dough, and then made into cakes, or put them in a steamer, or fried in an oil pan until brown, and then stewed in a pan. They can be eaten alone, cut into pieces and boiled, or shredded and stir-fried with seasoning.

Wenzhou fish balls

take fish or eel meat as the main material, cut into thin strips, marinate with wine, monosodium glutamate for a while, add white starch, knead thoroughly with your hands, then pick them into boiling water with your fingers, float and cook. When eating, scoop the original soup into a small bowl and add rice vinegar, monosodium glutamate, pepper and chopped green onion. There are many fish ball shops and stalls in the streets of Wenzhou. In December, 1998, the fish balls in Wenzhou Restaurant were recognized as "Chinese famous snacks" together with Maxin Tangyuan, a dumpling shop in front of the county.

Wenzhou fish noodles

To make fish noodles, first scrape the white and fine fish such as yellow croaker and eel, peel them, dip them in sweet potato powder or loose powder and beat them into thin slices with a stick. After baking, they are either cut into diamond-shaped or square pieces, or cut into dried noodles or fine-grained noodles. When boiled in soup, they are smooth and delicious. Usually, they are made of fish balls and noodles. Fish-skin wonton is made of white and delicate fish, knocked into small slices, made into the size of dumpling skin, wrapped with meat stuffing, kneaded into lotus shape, or steamed for later use, or cooked in boiling water, pulled out and seasoned, commonly known as "fish-skin wonton". It tastes transparent and smooth, looks like a flower, and tastes fresh and refreshing.