Development of Quyang Sculpture

Quyang sculpture has formed "one city, one line and three communities" (one city: Oriental Stone Carving City; First line: along Quxin Highway; Development pattern of three communities: Yangping, Wende and Dangcheng. There are 2 carving groups, 1200 more carving enterprises and booths, and tens of thousands of carving artists, with an annual output value of 400 million yuan. Recently, a "carving corridor" covering an area of 1 1,000 mu was planned on both sides of the highway from the county to Yangping. With the approval of the province, it is currently under construction and can accommodate more than 50 carving and plate enterprises. The "Sculpture Art Palace" with an investment of more than 5 million yuan has been put into use. Yang is famous because she created a splendid stone carving culture. According to legend, Sean's teacher, Huang Shigong, wrote "Carving the Book of Heaven", and only then did someone create stone carvings and wood carvings on Huangshan Mountain. In the Western Han Dynasty, stonemasons in Quyang carved stone tablets with marble, which were originally tombstones, and later used for notes and messages. They are mainly displayed in temples and are praised as the hometown of sculpture by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The statues of Buddha and lions carved in the Northern Wei Dynasty formed a unique style. Gu Zhuo's works are simple, narrow and thin, emphasizing shape. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Buddhism prevailed and stone carving entered a period of rapid development. Quyang became the birthplace and carving center of the white marble statue in northern China. Its carving is popular with round knife method, with plump figures and Buddha statues, smooth clothes, civil and military posture, clear outlines of birds, animals, flowers and birds, still life, smooth lines and exquisite. Quyang stone carving art in Yuan Dynasty enjoys a high reputation, with beautiful shape, exquisite craftsmanship, vividness and ingenuity. Many works have been handed down from generation to generation. As a tribute, the sculptor Yang Qiong made a lion and a tripod, which was highly praised by Kublai Khan in Yuan Shizu and compiled into a palace. Masons from all walks of life supervised Yannan to build a metropolis. Today, the Jinshui Bridge in front of Tiananmen Square still radiates brilliant brilliance. Liu Puzhi, a Quyang artist in the late Qing Dynasty, won the second place in Panama International Art Fair for his works such as Fairy Pigeon and Dried Plum. From then on, it was called Quyang Stone Carving. In the middle of the Republic of China, several large private carving factories, such as Gong Yixing, Rixin and Yongxin, set up sales outlets in Beijing and Nanjing. After Japan invaded China, sculpture manufacturers and workshops stopped production. After the founding of New China, more than 3,000 stone carving artists from Quyang participated in the construction of the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the Tiananmen Restoration, the History Museum, the National Cultural Palace, the Military Museum and the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. 1April, 986, Hu Yaobang, then General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, inspected Quyang, and happily inscribed his hometown. 1991may, Zhu Rongji, then vice premier, inspected Quyang and wrote an inscription for Lu Jinqiao, a master of arts and crafts. 1992, Tian Jiyun, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), inspected Yangping Development Zone and named it Oriental Stone Carving City. 1995, Quyang was officially named as the hometown of China sculpture by the State Council. In May 2005, the Oriental Sculpture City was named the first stone carving city in China by the International Sculpture Association.

Contemporary Quyang sculpture enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, in the spring thunder of reform and opening-up, Quyang sculpture glowed with new vitality, achieved rapid development, and presented a prosperous scene of a hundred flowers blooming. Carving materials have also expanded from stone carving and wood carving to jade carving, tooth carving, copper carving and stainless steel carving. Carving inscriptions include traditional antique architectural ornaments and modern figure statues; There are both garden sculptures and family decorations; There are birds and beasts, fish and flowers; There are 100-meter masterpieces and enduring masterpieces. Products are exported to more than 80 countries and regions, and countless carving enterprises have sprung up in this ancient land. In terms of carving techniques, it combines modern aesthetic theory with traditional carving techniques, and draws lessons from western carving techniques. A large number of masters of arts and crafts, represented by Lu Jinqiao, Zhen Yancang and An Rongjie, have emerged, forming different schools with their own styles. Among them, Lu Jinqiao is a representative of the traditional school. His five works, Guanyin, Goddess Scattering Flowers and Three Officials, are classified as treasures by the state and displayed in the Great Hall of the People, Ziguangge in Zhongnanhai and China Arts and Crafts Museum respectively. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, Zhen Yancang, a master of folk arts and crafts in China, made full use of western carving techniques to create a western school of Quyang carving. An Rongjie, a arts and crafts artist, is a representative of the school of innovation and is good at giant sculptures. Representative works include: Hum and Ha 'er River, a giant statue of Zhangmu King Kong Lux with a height of1m and a weight of more than 20 tons, and the Sleeping Buddha in Sanshui City, Guangdong Province with a height of 108 m, creating the world's largest giant sculpture project of the birthday star in Mengshan, Shandong Province. In recent years, Quyang sculptors have successively completed the Bailong giant white marble relief and the Jiulong Wall large-scale sculpture, which are known as the treasures of Japanese oriental art. The relief of Changbai Mountain in the Great Hall of the People was unanimously appreciated by NPC deputies. The square sculpture pearl designed and produced for Erenhot is beautiful in movement and profound in meaning; The sculpture of the city square made for Xining shows the magnificent picture of the people of all ethnic groups in China uniting to meet the new century; Dashungeng, a giant sculpture in cooperation with the famous sculptor Han Meilin, is one of the largest granite sculptures in Asia. There are also a number of famous sculpture projects at home and abroad, such as the Wangshan Grottoes in loong, the China Historical Sculpture Museum, the relief of Hebei historical celebrities in the Great Hall of the People, the Huaihai Campaign Memorial Hall and the Presidential Palace in Zaire. In addition, when Macao returned to China, the Kowloon Wall (bronze sculpture) presented by the Hebei provincial government to the Macao SAR and the miniature sundial (stone carving) presented by Tsinghua University to James Soong, Chairman of the People First Party of Taiwan Province Province in May this year were all made by Quyang artists.

In the new millennium, Quyang sculpture industry is facing unprecedented opportunities and challenges. Under the historical conditions of economic globalization and China's formal entry into WTO, in order to further promote the development of sculpture industry in the direction of scale, intensification and industrialization, Quyang County Party Committee and government, on the basis of extensive and in-depth investigation, clearly focused on building the Oriental Sculpture City and standardizing industry management, further optimized the development environment, strengthened quality control, strengthened market development and shaped brand image. Based on the working ideas of prospering the city, prospering the city by industry and promoting development by industry, we decided to rely on the advantages of local resources and technology, re-integrate and gather production factors, strive to create a distinctive platform with distinctive features and perfect functions, and formulate a development plan centered on the construction of oriental sculpture cities, which painted a grand blueprint for the rapid and healthy development of the sculpture industry.

Oriental sculpture starts from the county seat in the north and reaches Yangping Town in the south, with a total length of 9 kilometers. The main shaft of Quxin highway is distributed in a beaded shape, and the construction content highlights five ones. The first is to build a community to ensure development. On the basis of the original Yangping Economic Development Zone, we will expand 1500 mu to build a carving industrial zone, and at the same time build a carving corridor composed of carving enterprises and garden communities along Quxin Highway as a production industrial zone for oriental carving. The second is to build a college to promote improvement. The current sculpture school will be reformed and upgraded, and the sculpture art college will be built in conjunction with colleges and universities to cultivate high-quality talents for the sculpture industry and enhance its development potential. The third is to establish the image of a square tree. Around-the-island sculpture square will be built at the entrance of the sculpture city in the south of the county, during which landmark buildings will be built and representative sculptures will be placed, and a sculpture park will be built on the east side of the square as a window to show the image of the sculpture town. The fourth is to build shopping malls and expand the market. On the west side of Sculpture Square, an international sculpture mall will be built to display Quyang sculptures and hold large-scale trade talks to attract domestic and foreign merchants and broaden the market space. Fifth, establish standardization association and sculpture association, strengthen the organization and management of the industry, restrain the unfair competition behavior of individual enterprises, and improve the technical level and market competitiveness of the whole industry.

At present, the carved square with an investment of120,000 yuan and an area of 28,888 square meters has been completed. This square is round, all made of stone. An S-shaped artificial river divides the square into two parts from west to east, so that its plane presents the pattern of Yin and Yang fish Tai Chi. The northern part of the square is a traditional garden design, and the southern part is a modern square design. The boss in the center of the square has a unique design, which is not only an artificial fountain, but also a big stage for performance. The stand on the south side of the square is inlaid with marble relief, which is an immortal picture of Quyang's history and culture. The stone archway, the landmark building of the square, faces south, with a height of 13.28 m and a width of 26. 1 m. The foundation is piled with locust trees, stoned and glutinous rice soup. * * * Made of 700 cubic meters of stone, it is magnificent, vivid and exquisite. The overall design is five doors, six columns and nine floors, made of pure stone and concave-convex grooves, which can be called a whole. According to research, it is the largest pure white marble archway in China and even in the world, and it is now applying for Guinness World Records. The whole square, with small bridges and flowing water and white stones and green hills, integrates exhibition, assembly, leisure and tourism. Ancient and modern China and foreign countries, Yin and Yang dry Kun, water and milk blend, tradition and modernity, classic and fashion perfect combination. Being in it, you have the feeling of clearing your heart and moistening your lungs, and the beauty of harmony between heaven and earth. As the saying goes: looking at the vastness of the sky, you can honestly accommodate things; Look down on the emptiness of your arm and you will be satisfied. Traveling to Jiayuan can enjoy the seclusion of spring flowers and autumn moon. I look forward to being a student and giving birth to the idea of serving my country. There are two-way traffic jams around, running south and north, and reading is bustling beyond words.

At the same time, it invested/kloc-0.526 million yuan to open a large passage from Dinglong Highway to Oriental Sculpture City. The sculpture market project with an investment of 65.438+0.46 billion yuan and an area of 350 mu has been listed as a provincial key project, and is currently actively operating, so it is necessary to pay close attention to preparations; The carving industry management office was established, and the carving industry association with key enterprises and well-known artists and technicians as members was established. Formulate rules and regulations, implement industry self-discipline, implement three certificates management, enterprise qualification certificate and quality inspection certificate management for carving enterprises, and implement technical title certificate management for carving technicians. Strictly deal with illegal production and business operations of enterprises. At the same time, a series of preferential policies to accelerate the healthy development of the carving industry, such as preferential policies for the construction of carving projects, regulations for improving the business environment of the carving industry, and implementation opinions on the construction of carving cities, have been promulgated and implemented, with clear preferential regulations on business premises, power supply, communications, etc., creating a relaxed space for the development of enterprises and enhancing the attraction of attracting investment. In the project construction, one-stop examination and approval is implemented, industrial and commercial management fees are reduced, and priority is given to ensuring construction land. In the collection and management, a unified fee system was implemented, and the total amount of collection was reduced to below the neighboring counties and cities, and it was publicly promised that it would not pay all kinds of management fees for three years to move into the carving stalls in the carving city, which created a good external environment for the development of Quyang carving industry.

At the same time, the county party committee and government fully realize that to speed up the development of carving industry, we must guide carving enterprises to take the road of scale and collectivization, improve their functions, form a modern enterprise production system integrating scientific research, development, production and sales, and enhance market competitiveness. The first is to build a carving base. According to the principle of regionalization and large-scale development, we will build a sculpture industry community, develop large-scale groups, and focus on supporting and cultivating the sculpture industry development zone of Oriental Stone Carving City, the sculpture community of Dangcheng City and the sculpture community of Wende. Among them, the annual output value of the carving community in the Oriental Stone Carving City reached 400 million yuan, the annual output value of the carving community in Dangcheng reached 250 million yuan, and the carving community in Wende reached 70 million yuan. The second is to form a carving enterprise group. Further strengthen government guidance, and initially realize the industrial production and operation pattern of enterprises affiliated with stalls and groups affiliated with enterprises. Focus on developing 3 1 star enterprises, introduce preferential policies and implement key protection. Taking them as the leader, the joint fleet of carving enterprises integrating scientific research, design, production and management was established in conjunction with higher arts and crafts colleges and other carving enterprises or booths, which further created scale advantages and realized scale benefits.

Implement famous brand strategy. Famous brand is a passport to enter the market, and the implementation of famous brand strategy is an inevitable requirement for making the characteristic industries bigger and stronger. Based on this, the county party committee and government take strategic measures such as upgrading technology, establishing mechanism, and grasping publicity, and vigorously implement the strategy of famous brand products. First, pay attention to the cultivation and training of carving technical personnel. Practice has proved that talent and technical input play a vital role in the development of carving industry in this county. To create famous brands and produce high-quality products, we must train a group of carving technicians with high theoretical literacy and practical experience. Over the past few years, the county carving school has trained more than 200 medium-sized carving technicians/KLOC-0 for carving enterprises in the county, sent more than 200 people to the Central Academy of Fine Arts for further study, and hired masters of arts and crafts such as Tianjin and Beijing to give lectures in Quyang, which greatly improved the quality of carving technicians. According to the master plan of Oriental Stone Carving City, Quyang Sculpture Art College of Hebei Province will be planned and built on the basis of the county sculpture school in the near future, and specialties such as carving technology, plastic arts design, carving products and modernization of carving technology will be opened. After completion, 200 middle and senior artistic talents will be trained every year. At the same time, actively explore the development of mechanical sculpture, computer design and program-controlled sculpture, greatly improving production efficiency. The second is to establish an incentive mechanism. Set up a county sculpture special fund, and take out some funds every year to reward enterprises and technicians who have made outstanding contributions, and constantly encourage enterprises to improve product quality and create famous products. The third is to strengthen publicity and promote the famous brand strategy with celebrity effect. Seize the important link of expanding product advantages and market advantages, and widely publicize Quyang stone carving artists such as Lu Jinqiao, Zhen Yancang and An Rongjie through participating in trade fairs and investment fairs, so as to continuously improve their popularity at home and abroad and enhance the grade and taste of Quyang stone carving products with celebrity effect. The fourth is to grasp supervision. Through the sculpture association to regulate the industry behavior, refuse to shoddy, and ensure the golden signboard of the hometown of sculpture.

Actively explore the market. In accordance with the principle of development and utilization, internal and external repair, we will pay close attention to the construction of domestic and foreign, tangible and intangible markets. The first is to build a professional market in the sculpture city. The first phase of the project covers an area of 140 mu, with a construction area of 50,000 square meters. A business building hall integrating business negotiation, information release, financial settlement and other supporting services has been built. The second is to grasp online sales and chain sales. Make sales web pages for more than 30 star enterprises, establish websites, set up factory outlets in more than 30 large and medium-sized cities across the country, and take the initiative to seize domestic and foreign markets. The third is to expand the number of enterprises with self-export rights. With the foreign trade bureau as the main body, enterprises can apply for independent export rights, reduce sales links and directly open up a green channel for Quyang sculpture to go overseas.