Lacquer painting technique (inlaid silver painting technique in Weifang)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: lacquerware painting technique (inlaid silver lacquer technique in Weifang)

Applicant: Weifang City, Shandong Province

Project No.: 910

Project No.: VIII - 127

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Shandong Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Weifang City, Shandong Province

Protection unit: Weifang Cultural Center (Weifang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center)

Brief introduction of lacquer painting technique (inlaid silver painting technique in Weifang)

Applicant: Weifang City, Shandong Province

The technique of inlaying silver lacquer in Weifang has a history of nearly 200 years, which is a unique handicraft. With precious mahogany, natural lacquer and gold and silver silk as the main raw materials, it organically integrates the traditional carving, inlaying and woodworking skills, and is made by precision carving and inlaying.

The works of inlaid silver lacquer ware in Weifang are simple and elegant, precious and noble, with strong national and local characteristics. The art of inlaying silver adopts the form of white line drawing of Chinese painting, including landscapes, flowers and birds, ancient figures and bronze patterns of Han Dynasty.

Weifang silver inlaid lacquerware has a complete and complex production process: material selection, blank making, fine carving, inlaying gold and silver wire, polishing and painting. Among them, the main methods of inlaying gold and silver wire are wide strip inlay, thick and thin wire inlay, gold and silver wire inlay, smashing point inlay and so on. It is a unique feature of Weifang silver inlaid lacquerware to choose different inlay methods according to the theme, which also makes Weifang mahogany silver inlaid lacquerware achieve perfect artistic effect. Because the raw material is mahogany, which is very strong, not easy to deform, exquisite painting technology, not easy to fade, so the silver inlaid lacquer ware of Weifang has high cultural value, use value and collection value.

As a traditional Chinese special craft, Weifang silver inlaid lacquerware is on the verge of danger and needs to be protected.