Wood Carving
木刻Wood carving refers to a folk handicraft involving carving decorative patterns or designs by hand on wood or wood ware；it also refers to the wood or carved wood ware. The famed wood carving technology today in China is mostly inherited from the Qing Dynasty，of which Dongyang wood carving in Zhejiang,mahogany carving of Suzhou,gold lacquer wood carving, palace lantern of Beijing and carved wood ship are the most representative carved wood ware today. The current wood carving technology is not only used as decorations on furniture and architecture,but also used as visual artistic handiwork such as statues of Buddha and arhats, animals, wall hangings, etc.
木刻是一种民间工艺品，是用手雕刻装饰木材或木制品的花纹或图案，它也指木材或雕刻的木制品。今天在中国著名的木雕技术主要是从清朝继承，浙江的东阳木雕，苏州的红木雕刻，雕刻在船上的北京金漆木雕和宫灯是今天最有代表性的木刻制品。目前的木雕技术不仅用作家具和建筑装饰，也是视觉艺术的杰作，如佛像和罗汉，动物，壁挂等。