On the Formal Characteristics and Cultural Attributes of Dongyang Wood Carving

Abstract

Dongyang wood carving is a local traditional handicraft art, and it is an important part of the cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. As a national intangible cultural heritage, the formal characteristics of Dongyang wood carving are worth sorting out and studying. Dongyang wood carving has careful conception and rich imagination in theme, and there are rich themes and alternate between vagueness and concretization in its’ techniques of expression. The form of Dongyang wood carving is often based on the line and the combination of line and surface, which forms the simple, extensive and powerful formal features. It is a necessary way to inherit and carry forward traditional handicrafts to explain the cultural attribute of Dongyang wood on the basis of sorting out the formal characteristics.