Yangzhou Tongcao Flower Making Technique
Yangzhou craft flower production has a very long history and is deeply rooted in the folk. In the Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou craft flower artists, based on traditional skills, boldly innovated the use of materials and techniques, and formed a unique Yangzhou Tongcao flower production technique. This is undoubtedly an important breakthrough in the history of craft flower production in Yangzhou and even in China. Yangzhou Tongcao flowers are made of Tongcao as raw materials, and are made through multiple processes such as bleaching, mounting grass slices, dyeing, pinching petals, making leaves, passing stems, planting pots, installing frames (hanging screen products), and sorting. A special handicraft. The production process of Tongcao flowers is very complicated. From petals, leaves to flower stems and flower pots, all require the makers to carefully figure out and seek accuracy and refinement. Yangzhou Tongcao flowers come from the folk and originate from folk customs, which can be called vulgar; at the same time, it is a highly aesthetic form of artistic expression, a product of the organic combination of the beauty of nature and the beauty of human artistic creation, which can be called elegant. The chrysanthemums of Qian Hongcai, a famous chrysanthemum artist, are known as the "Three Chrysanthemums of Yangzhou" together with the cut chrysanthemums of Zhang Yongshou, a senior artist, and the painted chrysanthemums of Wu Yangeng, a female painter. Yangzhou chrysanthemums originate from nature, transcend nature, have beautiful images, and are indistinguishable from the real thing. They deeply embody people's unremitting pursuit of all beautiful things and the extraordinary cultural creativity of the Chinese nation. It is a precious cultural heritage left to us by our ancestors and is known as an artistic flower that never fades. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)