Ivory carving in Shanghai has a history of more than 4,000 years. After the Opium War in 1840, ivory carving artists and antique dealers opened workshops in Shanghai to engage in ivory carving production and ivory product business. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, it gradually became a major category of export handicrafts. Since 1955, Feng Lijin, Cai Jiansheng, and the three Xu brothers have formed the basic team of Shanghai ivory carving. At present, the fifth-generation inheritors Liang Duanyu and Zhou Baijun, two national-level arts and crafts masters, are the backbone of Shanghai ivory carving. Modern ivory carving in Shanghai mainly includes three categories: fine flowers, figures, and antiques. Fine flower craftsmanship mostly uses round carving, hollow carving, relief carving and other techniques, especially for making large ivory carving crafts. The fine flower carving of Shanghai ivory carving is neat and clean, the craftsmanship is exquisite and delicate, and it is exquisite and transparent, integrating the interior and exterior scenes, fully reflecting the local characteristics of the "Shanghai School". The figure craft production is mainly based on traditional themes such as Buddha statues, ladies in ancient costumes, military generals, and children. The variety of patterns and colors has increased from more than 40 in the 1960s to more than 300 in the 1980s. The figure modeling is characterized by delicate portrayal, elegance and handsomeness, and is supplemented by landscape architecture, flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and animals, etc., and pays attention to the story of the characters, thus enhancing the artistic effect of the work. The antique craft has evolved from the development of this group, with imitation bronzes, lamps, towers, bottles, Buddha statues, etc. as themes, and after carving, they are smoked and colored. There is a wide market overseas and it is a reserved product of Shanghai ivory carving. Shanghai ivory carving is famous at home and abroad for its ethereal and transparent, delicate craftsmanship, and emotions in objects and scenery in scenery. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)