Foshan woodcarving has a long history and is one of the representatives of the Guangpai woodcarving. It emerged in the Ming Dynasty and was most prosperous from the middle of the Qing Dynasty to the middle of the Republic of China. According to the "Foshan Zhongyi Township Chronicles", there were "carving shops", "plaque shops" and "carving shops" in the woodcarving industry in Foshan during the Qing Dynasty, with about ten shops. In the early years of Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty, a woodcarving guild was established, named "Xinghua Hall". In 1898, a new guild was established, called "Tongshan Hall", and 18 companies including Tailong, Hecheng, Shenghe, Huang Guanghua and Chengli joined the industry. In the early years of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, woodcarving workers also organized a guild "Hecheng Hall". At that time, skilled craftsmen and talents emerged in large numbers, and woodcarving works presented a prosperous scene of competition and beauty. Foshan woodcarving includes two categories: practical decorative woodcarving and appreciation furnishings. Practical woodcarving is the most distinctive. The carving techniques include hollowing, line carving, thin carving, relief, high relief, multi-level high relief, etc. Artists use different forms and techniques of expression according to different materials, environments, uses and decorative requirements. Practical wood carvings are widely used in gardens, temples, pavilions, halls and architectural decorations, such as flower quilts, flower fences, porches, colored doors, flower board doors and windows, etc. The most distinctive ornaments are wood-carved flower screens, palace lanterns, and statues of gods. Foshan wood carvings have a wide range of themes, including flowers, birds, insects, fish, birds and animals, story characters, landscape calligraphy, etc. It is famous for its rough and bold, exaggerated and concise, neat knife skills, strong carving sense, solid and heavy, practical and decorative effects. It has a distinctive style and strong local characteristics. The main works handed down from generation to generation are stored in the Ancestral Temple Museum, such as the multi-layer hollow gold-lacquered wood-carved large divine case made by Huang Guanghua in the 25th year of Guangxu, with a total of 126 figures carved in two layers, the upper layer is "Jing Ke Assassinating the King of Qin" and the lower layer is "Li Yuanba Subduing the Dragon Horse". Another is the multi-layer hollow gold-lacquered wood-carved colored door made by Huang Guanghua, with gold-lacquered carved figures and stories all over the body, divided into upper, middle and lower layers, with the middle-layer figure story "Zhao Meirong Subduing the Flying Bear" as the main one. Both works have inserted scenes of foreign invaders being knocked to the ground. The works are exquisitely carved, vivid, interesting, and highly ideological and artistic, with a strong contemporary atmosphere. Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, all industries in Foshan woodcarving have withered, and artists have fled in all directions. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, only Xu Hao and three others continued to operate. With the development of society and the changes of the times, old artists have passed away one after another, and only the only successor He Yaohui continues to quietly continue.