Jade Carvings and Lacquer Artworks in Yangzhou Jingxiu

On the morning of April 12, the press conference of the 6th China Jade and Stone Sculpture Exposition and the 2011 China Lacquerware Art Boutique Exhibition was held in Yang. More than 20 media reporters from inside and outside Yangzhou participated in the conference. As of now, preparations for the exhibition are basically in place and will be held in Yangzhou Arts and Crafts Square from April 16th to 19th.

Largest scale of the three largest regions

The China Jade Carvings Fine Art Exposition and the China Lacquerware Art Boutique Exhibition have been held in Yangzhou for six and four sessions respectively. After years of cultivation, the influence of the two exhibitions in the country continues to increase, and the exhibition brand has gradually formed. According to reports, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Yangzhou Municipal People's Government and the Chinese Arts and Crafts Association, and its scale, influence, and characteristics will all exceed those of the past.

The site of the major venues for jade lacquer and lacquerware fine arts exhibitions is the “Yangzhou Arts and Crafts Square”, the largest single arts and crafts distribution center in the country, with an exhibition area of ​​over 8,000 square meters. The organizers specially created three areas of jade carving exhibition area, jade carving quality appraisal area, and lacquerware exquisite exhibition evaluation area for this event, which brought together all kinds of exquisite and exquisite exhibits of the national key jade jade production areas. The exhibits included white jade, jade jade from Burma, Xiuyan jade from Liaoning, and many jade sculptures from Shoushan Stone, Qingtian Stone and Tian Huang. In addition, jasper, crystal, coral, tourmaline, agate and Other tourist souvenir varieties, large quantities, both to fully meet the needs of merchants wholesale, but also to meet the collectors of high-end boutique collection.

Up to now, the 6th China Jade & Stone Sculpture Exposition has exhibited in more than 100 domestic and foreign merchants from 16 provinces, cities and autonomous regions including Beijing, Shanghai, Liaoning and Xinjiang, Hong Kong SAR, Canada and Xinlan, etc. Exuberant, an increase of 60% over the previous year: The 2011 China Lacquer Art Exhibition attracted more than 420 works from 144 lacquer enterprises and universities in 144 provinces and cities across the country.

Hand in hand "Hundred Flowers" title quality award review

During the exhibition, the famous Chinese brand “Yuyuan” of Yangzhou Jadeware Factory and “Qihua”, the famous brand of Yangzhou Lacquerware Factory, will once again lead the “Baihua” award, the highest award of Chinese arts and crafts, and the title of the title award will be reviewed. According to the preliminary statistics of the organizing committee, the 2011 “Baihua Yuyuan Cup” Chinese jade carving boutique prize has collected more than 450 pieces of the participating works; more than 180 works have been registered for the “Chinese Flower Lacquer Cup” award in 2011. All exceeded previous events.

In addition, many Chinese arts and crafts masters in the jade carving industry in China, such as Xinjiang Ma Jingui, Hubei Chang Shiqi, and Shanghai Wu Desheng, as well as Gu Yongjun, Jiang Chunyuan, Xue Chunmei, Gao Yijin, and other masters of the Yangzhou jade industry, have prepared a number of new products for the event. During the exhibition, national experts will also be invited to judge the selection of the entries, creativity, design, modeling, craftsmanship and other aspects of analysis and evaluation, in order to promote the exchange of arts and improve the level of design and creation.

Series activities to build Yangzhou brand

Yangzhou is the inherited place of traditional Chinese lacquerware culture. As the first lacquerware to be included in one of the seven state-level intangible cultural heritage projects in Yangzhou, the masters of arts and crafts in Yangzhou have been exploring for many years, bringing the ancient Chinese culture to an intriguing historical and cultural city. The Yangzhou Saitama craft has more than 5,000 years of history. Today, Yangzhou jade carvings have been ranked among the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages in China, and “The United States and the United States under the sun” is a promising vision for the local jade industry.