Mural Landscape Marble Stone Carving

In the long Old and New Stone Age, stone mountain carving was a means of livelihood for Lingnan's primitive ancestors. Many rock carvings have been found in Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai at the mouth of the Pearl River. They are mainly complex abstract patterns, and they are carved with chiseling techniques. The largest rock carvings in Gaolan Island, Nanshui Town, Zhuhai, are 3 meters high and 5 meters long. The lines are clear, and people and boat carvings can be identified from the complex lines. The history of stone carving can be traced back to the middle of the Paleolithic Age, which is about 120000 years ago. Since then, stone carvings have been handed down to this day. In this long history, the creation of stone art of art has been constantly updated and improved. In different periods, there were great changes in the types and styles of stone carvings; Different needs, different aesthetic pursuits, and different social environments and social systems make stone carving constantly develop.

How much do you know about stone carving?

Stone carving refers to the art of creating visible and touchable stone art of art with a certain space by using various kinds of carved and engraved stones to reflect social life and express the artist's aesthetic feelings, emotions and ideals.

Stone carvings, stone carvings and other stone crafts are generally divided into round carvings, reliefs, sunken carvings, wall carvings, hollowed out carvings (openwork carvings), line carvings, shadow carvings, micro carvings, intaglio carvings, and sun carvings according to different production methods. Each has its own characteristics and unique styles. Common stones include granite, marble, bluestone, sandstone, etc. Stone is hard and weathering resistant, and is the main material of large-scale memorial sculpture.

The history of stone carving begins with the origin of human art. It can be said that there is no art form that is more ancient than stone carving, and there is no art form that is more popular and lasting.