Wood-carving Craft Protection in Xingyi Classic Woodcarving Furniture Factory, Jianchuan County of Dali
Chinese Name: 大理州剑川县兴艺古典木雕家具厂木雕（剑川木雕）
English Name: Wood-carving Craft Protection in Xingyi Classic Woodcarving Furniture Factory, Jianchuan County of Dali
Jianchuan County Xingyi Classical Wood Carving Furniture Factory is founded by “China National Arts and Crafts Master” Duan Guoliang. It is a manufacturing enterprise mainly engaged in the production of wooden carving art classics, tourist wooden carving small pieces, temple wooden carving projects, large murals, Buddhist statues, indoor decorative wooden carvings, Western-style decorative wooden carvings, ethnic wooden furniture, and the development of classical solid wood furniture that conforms to modern aesthetic standards. Through continuous exploration, summary, and innovation, the enterprise has comprehensively inherited and carried forward the essence of Jianchuan’s wooden carving art through the ages. While emphasizing the design, shape, and materials of products, the company highlights and emphasizes the cultural and artistic value of products. Its range of products not only demonstrate exquisite craftsmanship, but also have high artistic, appreciation, and collection values. With a design and production philosophy of “inheritance, reference, and innovation”, the patterns on each line show charm, the craftsmanship is carved with inheritance, and the production is a traditional combination of tenons and mortises.
Address: No. 29 Dianzang South Road, Jinhua Town, Jianchuan County
In the Yunnan and even Chinese wooden carving art world, there is a Dali Jianchuan-born master of Chinese arts and crafts, who has consistently pursued the inheritance, innovation, and practice of wooden carving skills for decades. He has creatively promoted the development of Jianchuan wooden carving art and is highly renowned in the overseas wooden carving industry. He is none other than Master Duan Guoliang.
Master Duan Guoliang is from Jianchuan Jinhua Town, Dali, and has been engaged in the wooden carving industry for over 50 years. He is a prominent figure in Jianchuan wooden carving art and a leading master in the contemporary Chinese traditional woodenware wooden carving industry. According to statistics, there are over 300 people in Yunnan Province who have obtained various qualifications in the arts and crafts industry, and only two of them are national masters. One of them is the wooden carving master Duan Guoliang, whose skilled hands have carved a “dragon bed” for Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
As a master of fine arts in the wood carving industry, Teacher Duan Guoliang has a deep understanding and profound love for the Dali Jianchuan Bai ethnic wood carving art and its culture. For decades, he has been filled with passion and has continuously studied, researched, and explored. He not only inherited the spirit, form, craft, technology, and essence of the Jianchuan Bai ethnic wood carving traditional art, but also constantly transcended himself, integrating and innovating, keeping pace with the times. He has made significant innovations, breakthroughs, and transcendences in new products, new processes, and new shapes. It can be said that it is the continuous efforts and exploration of the generation of Bai ethnic wood carving artists represented by Teacher Duan Guoliang that have forged the reputation and industry status of Dali Jianchuan as the “China’s Wood Carving Art Capital.”
