The manufacture craft of wooden painted face is complicated, a small wooden painted face needs a series of multifarious working procedure, which is including choosing materials, making flan , burnishing , lacquering and drawing , every step is excelsior , needing patience and circumspective .The artists select high-quality wood of paulownia, phoenix and mahogany tree as material, carve out a shape of scoop or other living utensils (Cask,rice measuring tool,bowl, shuttle,dustpan,and so on) manually by knife. It should spend much time and energy.
The Wooden Painted Face can be trace back to Shang Dynasty, it is a original method for the ancients to drive off ghosts and monsters. Most of the pattern of painted face are from folk fames, which own supernatural power and justice, imply assuage residence, exorcise, drive away lonely, display blessings and auspicious wish. Now, its a excellent esthetics and decoration for home, and it's really an extremely precious artistic handicraft collection.
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