According to the decoration technology, it can be divided into ten categories, among which the quality of jade inlaid lacquer, flat snail and point snail ranks first in the country and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. Yangzhou Jade Yangzhou is one of the important jade producing areas in China. Jade carving technology has a long history. Gong Yaokun's description in Yangzhou can be found in the ancient books The Book of Songs and Gong Yu. /kloc-during the period of 0/977, more than 60 late Neolithic clan public tombs were discovered in Luxu, Shugang, Yangzhou, including stone axe, Shi Mao, jade jade jade and jade cong. It shows that as early as 4000 years ago, our ancestors lived and produced jade carvings here. Jade articles in Yangzhou are divided into six categories: furnace bottles, figures, flowers and birds, animals, antiques and mountain carvings, with complete varieties and diverse colors.
Modern representative works include White Jade Pagoda Furnace, White Jade Pagoda with Five Elements, Ju Zhen Tu, Happy Birthday, etc. It has been appraised as a treasure by the state and is now collected in the Treasures Museum of China Arts and Crafts Museum. Yangzhou is one of the earliest areas where paper-cutting is popular in China. Yang Di visited Yangzhou three times, extensively renovated the Forbidden City, and let ladies-in-waiting imitate folk paper-cutting, cut flowers and leaves with colorful brocade, decorated branches and hung them on trees. In the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou had the custom of paper-cutting during the Spring Festival. 1in the spring of 980, all walks of life in Yangzhou welcomed Jian Zhen's portrait back home to visit relatives. Paper-cut artists made a paper-cut of "A Thousand Buddhas", and Mr. Zhao Puchu wrote a poem "A Big Monk" for it, saying that it was to watch the city, sing across the sea, make paper-cuts and call back the soul.
Until the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, there were still many artists in Yangzhou who made a living by cutting paper. Zhang Yongshou, a famous artist, is an outstanding representative of Yangzhou paper-cutting art, and began to learn with his father at the age of 12. After more than 70 years of artistic experience, he created thousands of paper-cuts. The main works include three paper-cut series: Miss Jiangnan in 1950s, Hundred Flowers in 1970s and Hundred Chrysanthemums in 1980s.
When the Collection of Paper-cut Works was published, Comrade Guo Moruo wrote a poem: Yangzhou artist Zhang Yongshou cut all the flowers. Please cut off the spring and autumn and let the east wind blow all over Jiuling. From 65438 to 0979, Zhang Yongshou was awarded the title of Master of Arts and Crafts in China by the state. Japanese friends praised him as a national treasure.