Jintan egg carving is spread in Dinggou Village, Xinhe Village Committee, Jianchang, Zhixi Town, Jintan District, west of Changzhou. It borders Danyang in the north and Dantu in Zhenjiang in the west. As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people gave red and green eggs as gifts for weddings, birthdays, and the birth of a child in order to bring good luck and good fortune. The amount of eggs used was considerable, and they were called colored eggs. As time went by, some vendors gradually painted various patterns on the eggshells to win market competition in order to gain business. Some skilled people even carved auspicious words or patterns on the surface of the eggshells with knives, such as "Happiness to have a son", "Longevity and Happiness", "Longevity of Songhe", "Happiness as the East Sea", "Longevity as Long as the Southern Mountains", etc., which meant praying for blessings and welcoming auspiciousness. Wu Jianzhong, the fourth-generation inheritor of Jintan egg carving, was born in September 1968. He was influenced by his ancestors and was keen on painting, calligraphy and carving since he was a child. Under the influence of the family egg carving art, he felt the challenge, limit and fun of egg carving skills, and devoted himself to this art that is deeply loved by the people since he was young. With the continuous improvement of carving skills, he further developed his imagination on the more valuable ostrich eggshells. It combines painting and carving, and carves out unique pictures one after another with relief, negative carving, positive carving, openwork and hollowing techniques, so that each shell is a painting and each shell is a story. There are poems in the paintings, paintings in the poems, people in the paintings, and people in the mountains and rivers, creating one traditional historical story and myth legend after another, with ingenious shapes, vivid characters and endless content. The unique characteristics of Jintan egg carving are that it is made with precision, smallness, cleverness, danger and transparency. Fine: the lines carved in a small space are refined, the main and the secondary are clear, and they are not confused; Small: For example, the facial features of the characters are small and lifelike, the eyes (including the red and double eyelids are clearly visible), the ears, nose, mouth, hands and feet (fingers, toes, nails) are all clear, accessories such as: the patterns of jewelry and jade pendants have clear textures, the beads of the Buddhist beads can be counted, and the handwriting is as fine as mosquito feet; Clever: The arrangement of the picture is even, the density is well-arranged, and the clever interweaving makes the whole carving surface fuller and achieves a seamless effect; Dangerous: Some carvings are characterized by the pursuit of stability in the midst of danger; Transparent: The bright and transparent carved surface makes the whole work pleasing to the eye, exquisite and beautiful. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)