Tongnan Village Found Woodcut Characters in the Qing Dynasty

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Woodcut characters in the Qing Dynasty

Jinggangshan News Recently, in the Tangnan Village, Goongling Township, Jinggangshan City, the director of the village, Long Zhangde, presented the author with a piece of wood carving in the Qing Dynasty. The engraving is 20 cm long, 14 cm wide and 3 cm thick. Due to multiple printings, the surface of the engravings is bright and black, and the carving knife method is familiar and superb. The lines are smooth and the characters are vivid.

Long Zhangde then took out the "Zhengxi Longshi Nirvana Genealogy" from his home. Long Zhangde introduced the carved version of the character is called Long Cihu, in Jinggangshan "Zhengxi Longshi" ranked 18th, Long Zhangde is his fifth grandson. According to the genealogical records, the dragon was given the name of the word, and the name Yin Lu was born in the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong (1915), and in the first year of the Tongzhi reign (1862). He was upright and honest, he was charitable and charitable. He donated temples, built colleges, paved roads and bridges, and built temples; he was outstanding, he taught well, his sons were ready to learn, and he was eager to learn. Because of the son of the dragon, he studied in the middle of Daoguang Branch (1837) Wuju. He was granted by the court as a straight doctor and Wude riding (from the five-pin title). Sun Bing Long Bingyi also took the examination of Zhongfeng Xianfeng Branch (1852) Wenju and also granted him a doctor. He once served as Governor of Shandong Zhangqiu County. The successive descendants of the descendants were rare in the mountains of Jinggangshan.

The remains of the dragon Cihu printed on the genealogy are exactly the same as those on the engraving. The revision of the pedigree of the Nine Xiu period was 6 years (1917). Based on this, the engraving of this woodcut has a history of at least 100 years. The discovery of this woodcut engraving provided important material information for the study of woodcut art in Jinggangshan and the history of Tangnan Ancient Village.