【Prevue】Heritage on Fingertips--Episode Five -Gold Lacquered Wood Carving

Gold lacquered wood carving has a history of more than one thousand years. According to historical document, “Gold lacquered wood carving of Chaoyang began in Tang Dynasty and thrived in Song Dynasty.” It embodies goods wishes and pursuit of happiness by using patterns like figure, plant and animal and homophonic Chinese characters of auspicious meaning. By way of on-site shooting, scene reconstruction and animation, the documentary shows the whole process of how to use graver as pen and wood as paper to carefully carve for thousands of times based on ingenious design, to lacquer the handiwork, to paste gold on it and finally make it an splendid, magnificent and brilliant piece of art. Distinct Lingnan culture and unique regional customs are thus fully displayed. Want to know more heritages on fingertips? Check out the playlist: http://bit.ly/2wGVwmW Subscribe us on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2gGIJ0K Follow us: Facebook:   / videocntv   Twitter:   / videochinatv   Weibo: http://weibo.com/u/5651321743 Visit our websites: 影像中国网站: http://videochina.tv/ VIDEOCHINA (English): http://en.videochina.tv/ VIDEOCHINA (Français): http://fr.videochina.tv/ VIDEOCHINA (Deutsch): http://de.videochina.tv/ VIDEOCHINA (日本語): http://jp.videochina.tv/