核雕文化，非遺傳承

王旭紅

核雕因在果核上雕刻而得名，具有很高的藝術價值，已被中國列為非物質文化遺產。

Zhu?Mengjia?has?found?a?new?world?in?the?smallest?and?unlikeliest?of?places：?fruit?pits.?The?29?year?old，?from?Guangfu?Town?in?Suzhou，?East?China?s?Jiangsu?Province，?has?been?sculpting?ingenious?creations?out?of?the?challengingly?hard，?tiny?and?rugged?pits?over?the?years.

With?her?touch，?as?if?by?magic，?vivid?images?of?animals，?plants，?boats?and?garden?views?emerge.?Examined?using?a?magnifying?glass，?the?delicate?sculptures?on?the?fruit?pits?still?look?vivid，?confirming?her?flawless?technique.?“I?usually?spend?five?hours?a?day?working?on?them，”?Zhu?says.

Guangfu?fruit?pit?carving?was?named?a?national?intangible?cultural?heritage?in?2008.?Earliest?examples?of?the?art?form?date?back?to?the?Song?Dynasty?（960—1279）.?The?Chinese?folk?handicrafts?enjoyed?rising?popularity?in?the?Ming?（1368—1644）?and?Qing?（1616—1911）?dynasties，?when?the?royal?families?wore?the?carvings?as?an?aristocratic?decoration.?The?pits?of?peaches，?apricots，?walnuts，?and?Chinese?olives?are?the?most?prevalently?used，?and?upon?which?minute?images?of?Buddhas，?nature，?or?the?Chinese?zodiac?that?are?said?to?repel?evil?spirits，?are?carved.

“Suzhou?fruit?pit?art?has?absorbed?the?artistic?essence?of?stone，?jade，?wood，?bamboo?and?micro?carving，”?Zhu?says.?“On?the?premise?of?maintaining?the?shape?of?the?fruit?pits，?the?carvings?stand?out?for?their?precision，?fineness，?strangeness?and?cleverness，?presenting?unique?local?characteristics，”?she?says.?“As?a?young?artisan，?I?d?like?to?create?my?own?world

in?the?small?space?provided?by?the?fruit?pits.”

How?much?do?you?know?about?fruit?pit?carving？?What?do?you?think?of?it？