Brief Summary: Dali Old Town

NTRODUCTION

Dali located at the South and west of Erhai Lake in Yunnan. It consists of Dali New City and also Dali Old Town. Dali Old Town was famous for its traditional architecture, minority cultures ( mostly Bai ) and a place for travellers simply to relax. It has a perfect natural setting with the beautiful Cangsan Mountains. The climate is temperate with moderate summers and mild winters, though it ca get rather windy in autumn and winter.

Wood carving in China can be divide into three major categories : architecture carving, furniture carving and artworks carving. Wood carving as handiworks for display is started from the Song Dynasty when the practice of fondling artworks gradually rose among men of letters and refined scholars. Furnishing artworks are a traditional category

According to the different steps of wood carved, the tools can be divided into two categories which is wood working tools and carving tools. Wood working tools include large saws, small saws, axes and others. Carving tools include hammers and carving knife.

Chisel is the main tool used for carving. The most often used chisel is oblique chisel, triangle chisel, flat chisel, gouge and others.

Jianchuan wood carving process is as follows :

1. Choose materials There are many type of wood, some are hard and some are soft. The main choice of the wood choose which the wood is tough, fine texture, bright color of hardwood such as red wood , mahagony and others. It is suitable to carved more difficult structure as it not easily break. 2.Design Draft An experience master can carved the wood directly without any draft. Normally the master will draw creative artwork on a piece of paper before carved.

3. Paste paper on wood After draw draft on wood, the master will zoom the drawing and used ink line to sketch on