A Ton of Jade Carving Out of 18 Lohan

With the discovery and familiarity of jade in the Dabie Mountains, the jade industry in Huoshan County has grown from nothing to nothing and has gradually occupied a place in the domestic jade industry. However, compared with the traditional jade production areas, the local jade carving products do not have much “big handwriting”. Yesterday, after 18 months of carving, Huoshan jade carver Li Zhengbai finally completed the 18-year-old Arhats carved from Dabieshan jade and best seed materials. His works were based on the Ming Dynasty ancient paintings "Eighteen Arhats", 18 Yu Luohan in a natural whole ebony base arranged in sequence, all fluent psychic, demeanor realistic, industry experts said that the only work in the country, the valuation of 10 million yuan.

[Wish] To change the “Eighteen Arhats” as a jade carving master, Li Zhengbai has personally carved many individual jade carving ornaments such as Guanyin and Tathagata, but for many years there has been a desire to turn “Eighteen Arhats” into a group. Carving works.

According to Li Zhengbai, the 18 Arhats are eighteen Arhats in the Buddhist legends who stayed in the world and defended the Fa-rectification. They evolved from the Sixteen-Arhatga Two-Prayers. They began to appear at the end of the Tang Dynasty with the Eighteen Arhats, becoming an important subject of Chinese ancient artists' creation. One, among them the late Ming Dynasty in Xiuning, Anhui Ding Yunpeng's "Eighteen Arhats" is particularly well-known, the painting pen is fine, especially fine.

Li Zhengbai said that the idea of ​​three-dimensional reproduction of the "Eighteen Arhats" in the form of jade carvings has not been realized until the previous year.

[Searching for jade] Traveling all over the Dabie Mountains to find jade seeds Dabieshan jade is a type of jadeite, which is characterized by its excellent quality of moist, transparent, and hot water. It is mainly produced in the middle reaches of the Hutuo River in Huoshan, and is distributed throughout the Dabie Mountains. The 18th Arhat jade carving requires that the original stone is relatively uniform in size, color, and texture. In order to facilitate carving, Li Zhengbai decided to select the best seed material in Dabieshan jade as the raw material. However, after searching the Huoshan market, the original stone was still missing.

Li Zhengbai said that in order to change the style of group carvings, some of the statues need to be "sculpted" according to the colors of different rough stones. He almost searched for the natural rivers throughout the Dabie Mountains and finally found the ideals in Jinzhai County and Macheng, Hubei Province. The jade in the middle of the year, in June of the previous year, he invited three jade carving masters from other places, plus four of his own, to start this "great project."

[Waste] It was a waste of 1 ton of jade worth two million. In the "removal of rough" link, Li Zhengbai spent a lot of money. A piece of jade looks good in appearance, but often does not meet the requirements after cutting. For an Arhat even to cut off a lot of jade, in the cutting process, the jade stone that was bought at a high price becomes a waste product, “only a waste of jade There is a ton of multiples worth more than 2 million yuan," said Li Zhengbai.

The reporter saw that 18 of the Jade Lo presents as a character sitting or lying on a black wooden base. Each Lohan is about 20 centimeters in height, and his smile is vivid. Li Zhengbai said that each Lohan weighs about 20 pounds, and this base is not simple. He spent more than 200,000 yuan to purchase this natural precious ebony from Vietnam, carved into a cloud-like rise base, and jade carvings form a distinct The color contrast gives people a sense of simplicity and ethereal beauty.

[Estimate] The treasure of the town hall is estimated by an expert to amount to 10 million yuan. The "18 Jade Lohan" of Li Zhengbai is 136cm long, 86cm wide, and 120cm high. Wang Qingrong, a director of the Jiangsu Baoyu Stone Association and a famous jade expert in Yangzhou City, said that this jade carving works are made of natural jade, exquisitely carved and calm. Eighteen Arhats were arranged in an orderly and orderly manner, appearing to be demons and demons in addition to the cloud, and the detailed endures were similar to Zen Buddhism. The works were only one of them in the country. “Comprehensive evaluations in material, carving, scale, etc. Its market price can reach 10 million yuan."

For the safety of “Baby”, Li Zhengbai installed anti-theft facilities around the jade carvings. Once someone approaches the jade carving at close range, the infrared sensing and sound control system will immediately report an alarm. It is understood that Huoshan County will invest 300 million yuan in the near future to build a large-scale cultural development project integrating the Dabie Mountain Calligraphy and Painting Institute, the jade museum, and the leisure and entertainment city. The jade carving work “18 Jade Lohan” will become the town hall of the jade museum. The treasure for tourists to visit.