(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-JIANGXI-GUIXI-COPPER ENGRAVING-INHERITOR (CN)

(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-JIANGXI-GUIXI-COPPER ENGRAVING-INHERITOR (CN)

(230815) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 9, 2023 shows Huang Junjun's copper engraving artwork displayed at an exhibition hall of his company in Guixi City, east China's Jiangxi Province. Copper engraving, or copper carving, a craft of using knives to carve patterns on copper wares, has a history of about 1,000 years. In 2021, Guixi copper engraving was listed as one of the national-level intangible cultural heritages. The craft needs over 150 different kinds of knives and a dozen of carving skills to create a complete artwork, and the copper ware has to go through over 100,000 times of hammering before being turned into an exquisite artwork. Huang Junjun, 55 years old, is a representative inheritor of Guixi copper engraving, who has been taking the work for 36 years. "My grandpa was a copper ware craftsman, for whom I often acted as an assistant during childhood. I was fascinated with the ancient art," said Huang. As from 1989, he travelled all over the country to seek for mas

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