Quyang carving industry has formed "a city line three neighborhoods" (a city: Oriental stone carving city; a line: Qu new highway along; three neighborhoods: sheep flat, Wende, party city) of the development pattern. Existing carving group 2, carving enterprises, more than 1,200 stalls, tens of thousands of carving artists, annual output value of 400 million yuan. Recently, in the county to Yangping highway on both sides of the planning of the "carving corridor" covers an area of more than 1,000 acres, and approved by the provincial project, is now under construction, can accommodate carving, sheet metal enterprises more than 50. Investment of more than 500 million yuan of "carving art palace" has been put into use. Yang's reputation, because she created a brilliant stone carving culture. According to legend, Zhang Liang's teacher, Huangshi Gong wrote down the "carving book", before someone in the Huangshan Mountain to create the study of stone and wood carving. To the Western Han Dynasty, Quyang stone workers will use marble to carve stone tablets and other things, the first for the tombstone, and later also used to remember, message, mainly displayed in the temple, was praised by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as the township of carving. Northern Wei Dynasty carved Buddha, lion has formed a unique style, works of ancient simplicity, narrow and thin body, favoring similarity. Tang Dynasty, the prevalence of Buddhism, stone carving into a period of rapid development, Quyang became the birthplace of China's northern white jade statue and its carving center, the carving of the popular round knife method, the characters, the Buddha full of modelling, clothing smooth, Wenwu have a posture, birds and beasts, flowers and birds, such as static contours of clear, smooth lines, delicate and clear; the Yuan Dynasty, the Quyang stone carving art has been renowned, the works of the beautiful modeling, fine workmanship, strange and vivid! Many works have become heirlooms, carving artist Yang Qiong made a lion and a tripod as a tribute, was highly appreciated by the Yuan Shizu Kublai, said that this is also a great art, and will be registered in the Palace, the Governor of Yannan Roads stonemasons to create a metropolis, so far, Tiananmen Jinshui Bridge is still radiating a brilliant light. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Quyang artist Liu Puzhi carved pigeons, dried plums and other works, won second place in the Panama International Art Fair, since then the world salty Quyang stone carving said. In the middle of the Republic of China, several larger private carving factories, such as Gongyixing, Rixin, Yongxin, etc., in Beijing, Nanjing and other places have sales outlets. After the Japanese invasion of China, carving manufacturers and workshops ceased production. After the founding of new China, Quyang more than 3000 stone carving artists have participated in the Monument to the People's Heroes in Beijing, the Great Hall of the People, Tiananmen Square restoration, Museum of History, the National Palace of Culture, the Military Museum, and other projects and the construction of Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall. 1986 April, then general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese **** Hu Yaobang inspected the Quyang, pleased to write an inscription of carving of the township. 1991 May then Vice Premier Zhu Rongji inspected the Quyang, for the carving of the township. Zhu Rongji inspected Quyang, for the arts and crafts master Lu Jinqiao construction company name. 1992, the National People's Congress Standing Committee Vice Chairman Tian Jiyun inspection of the Yangping Development Zone, the name of the Oriental Stone Sculpture City. 1995, Quyang by the State Council formally named China's hometown of carving. 2005 May, Oriental Sculpture City by the International Sculpture Association named China's first city of stone carving.
Contemporary Quyang carving is more famous at home and abroad. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the spring thunder of reform and opening up, Quyang carving new vigor and vitality, get a rapid development, showing a hundred flowers blossomed in the prosperity of the scene, the carving of the material is also from the stone, wood carving to expand to the jade carving, tooth carving, copper carving, stainless steel sculpture. The carving of both traditional antique architectural ornaments, but also modern figures; both garden sculpture, but also family decoration; both birds and beasts, but also fish and flowers; both hundreds of meters of masterpieces, but also the length of the boutique not inch, the products are exported to more than 80 countries and regions, a large number of carving enterprises such as sprouting up in this ancient land. In terms of carving techniques, the modern aesthetic theory and traditional carving techniques into one, drawing on Western carving techniques, a large number of masters of arts and crafts to Lu Jinqiao, Zhen Yancang, An Rongjie as a representative of the formation of different styles of different schools. Among them, Lu Jinqiao is the representative of the traditional school, the creation of the reclining beast Guanyin, the heavenly maiden scattered flowers, and the three big Shi five pieces of work were designated as treasures by the state, were displayed in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Zhongnanhai Ziguangge and the China Arts and Crafts Museum. Chinese folk arts and crafts master Zhen Yancang in the inheritance of tradition on the basis of the full reference to Western carving techniques, creating a Western school of Quyang carving. Arts and crafts artist An Rongjie for the representative of innovation, specializing in giant carvings, representative works are: 11 meters high, weighing more than 20 tons of giant camphor wood vajra warrior statue - humming ha two generals, Guangdong Sanshui City, 108 meters of the Reclining Buddha as well as created the world's highest 217-meter-high longevity giant carving project in the Shandong Province, Mengshan. In recent years, Quyang carving artists have completed by Japan as the Oriental art treasures of the hundred dragons playing in the water giant white jade relief and large-scale carving of the Nine Dragons Wall; by the National People's Congress unanimously appreciated the Great Hall of the People Changbai Mountain relief; for the design and production of Erlianhot square sculpture of the Pearl of the Borderlands dynamic and beautiful, profound meaning; for the production of Xining city square sculpture of the people of all ethnic groups united to run to the new century shows a picture of a magnificent picture of great unity. Great unity of the magnificent picture scroll; with the famous sculptor Han Meilin cooperation giant sculpture Da Shun plowing fields, is one of the largest granite group sculpture in Asia, as well as the Chinese Longwangshan Grottoes, China's history of sculpture gallery, the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Hebei history of the relief, Huaihai Campaign Memorial Museum and the Zaire Presidential Palace, and so on a number of domestic and foreign famous sculpture project. In addition, the return of Macao, the Hebei Provincial Government to the Macao SAR gift nine dragons sundial (bronze) and on May 11 this year, Tsinghua University to Taiwan's pro-democratic party chairman James Soong's miniature sundial (stone) are from the hands of Quyang artists.
The new millennium, Quyang carving industry is facing unprecedented development opportunities and challenges, in the economic globalization and China's formal accession to the WTO under the historical conditions, in order to further promote the carving industry to the scale, intensification, industrialization direction, Quyang county party committee, the county government in a wide range of in-depth research on the basis of a clear to Oriental carving city construction and standardize the management of the industry focuses on further optimization of development Environment, strengthen the quality control, strengthen market development, brand image, to the city of Xingcheng, to the city of Xingcheng industry, industry and development of the work of the idea, decided to rely on local resources, technical advantages, re-integration, gathering production factors, and strive to create a distinctive features, functionality of the characteristics of the platform, the development of the Oriental carving city construction as the core of the development plan for the rapid and healthy development of the carving industry depicted the grand and magnificent The blueprint.
Oriental carving city north from the county, south to the town of Yangping, a total length of 9 kilometers, the new highway to the main axis was a bead-shaped distribution, the construction of the contents of the outstanding five one. First, build a community to protect the development. In the original Yangping Economic Development Zone on the basis of the expansion of 1,500 acres, built the carving industrial zone, while along the new highway construction carving enterprises and garden district carving corridor, as the Oriental carving of the production of industrial zones. Second, build a college to promote the improvement. Will now carve the school restructuring and upgrading, and tertiary institutions linked to the carving of the College of Fine Arts, for the carving industry to cultivate high-quality talent, enhance the carving industry development momentum. Third, build a square tree image. In the county south of the carving city at the entrance to build a traffic circle carving plaza, between the construction of iconic buildings and carving representative works, the east side of the square to build a carving park, as a display of the image of the hometown of the carving of the window. Fourth, build a mall to expand the market. In the carving square west of the construction of carving international mall, focusing on the display of Quyang carving masterpieces, organizing large-scale trade, negotiation activities to attract domestic and foreign merchants, to broaden the market space. Fifth, build an association to seek norms, the formation of carving associations, strengthen the management of industry organizations, constraints on the behavior of individual enterprises of unfair competition, to improve the level of craftsmanship and market competitiveness of the industry.
At present, the investment of 12 million yuan, covering an area of 28,888 square meters of carving square has been completed, the square is round, all built with stone, an S-shaped artificial river from west to east to the square split into two parts, so that its plane is the yin and yang fish Tai Chi diagram. The northern half of the square is a traditional garden design, and the southern half is a modern square design. The convex platform in the center of the square has a unique design, which is both an artificial fountain and a large stage for performances. The grandstand on the south side of the square is embedded with marble reliefs, which is a monumental picture of Quyang's history and culture. Plaza's landmark building - stone pagoda sitting north to south, 13.28 meters high, 26.1 meters wide, foundation using acacia wood piling, stone masonry, glutinous rice soup poured and become, *** with 700 cubic meters of stone, majestic, lively and exquisite, the overall design is five doors, six columns and nine floors, the use of pure stone to open the concave and convex grooves and become, can be called a masterpiece. According to the examination, is the country and even the world's largest pure alabaster pagoda, is now declaring the world Guinness Book of Records. The whole square, small bridges and water fountains, white stone green space green hills, set the exhibition, assembly, leisure, tourism in one. Ancient and modern, yin and yang, water and milk blend, traditional and modern, classical and fashionable perfect combination. Being in it, there is a sense of spiritual heart and lungs, heaven and earth, people and stone harmony of the beauty. As the saying goes: look down on the vastness of the weather, can be tolerated; look down on the openness of the embrace, enough to Nash. Swimming for Jiayuan, can appreciate the spring flowers, autumn and moon of the ghost; look forward to the students, the idea of reviving clothes to serve the country. Ring haunted two-way car line, south chi north chase, speechless, read all the prosperity.
At the same time, the investment of 15.26 million yuan, the opening of the fixed dragon highway to the Oriental carving city channel; investment of 146 million yuan, covering an area of 350 acres of carving market project has been listed as a provincial key projects, is now actively operating, and grasp the preparations for the construction of the carving; set up the carving industry management office, the formation of a backbone of the enterprise and the well-known artists and technicians as members of the carving industry associations, the establishment of the rules and regulations of the people to implement the industry self-regulation, the implementation of three certificates of management. Industry self-discipline, the implementation of the three certificates of management, the implementation of enterprise qualification certificate and quality inspection certificate management of carving enterprises, the implementation of technical title certificate management of carving technicians. Strictly deal with illegal production and operation of enterprises, at the same time, the introduction of the implementation of the "carving project construction preferential policies", "to improve the carving industry business environment regulations", "carving city construction implementation of a series of preferential policies to speed up the healthy development of the carving industry, from the provision of business sites to the power supply, communications, etc. made clear preferential provisions for the development of enterprises to create a generous space to enhance the attractiveness of the attraction of investment. In the construction of the project, the implementation of a one-stop approval office, reduce or waive the business administration fee, give priority to ensure that the construction of land and so on. In the levy management, the implementation of a unified fee system, the total amount of levies to the neighboring counties and cities below, and to the public commitment to the community to relocate to the carving of the city carving stalls for three years free of charge, such as a variety of management fees for the development of Quyang carving industry to create a good external environment.
At the same time, the county party committee, the county government is fully aware of accelerate the development of the carving industry, must guide the carving enterprises to take the road of scale, grouping, sound function, the formation of a set of scientific research and development, production, sales in one of the modern enterprise production system, to enhance the ability to compete in the market. First, build carving base. In accordance with the principle of regionalization, large-scale development of the construction of carving industrial district, the development of large-scale groups, efforts to support the cultivation of the Oriental Stone Carving City in the carving of industrial development zones, the party city carving district and Wende carving district. Among the Oriental stone carving city in the carving district annual output value of 400 million yuan, the party city carving district annual output value of 250 million yuan, Wende carving district reached 0.7 billion yuan. Second, the formation of carving enterprise group. Further increase government guidance, the initial realization of the stalls depend on the enterprise, the enterprise depends on the industrialization of the group's production and management pattern. Focused on the development of 31 star enterprises, the introduction of preferential policies, the implementation of key protection, and with them as the leader, the higher arts and crafts colleges and universities, the lower connection with other carving enterprises or stalls, the formation of a set of scientific research and design, production and management as one of the carving enterprise joint fleet, to further create the scale advantage, the realization of the economies of scale.
Implementation of brand-name strategy. Brand name is the passport to enter the market, the implementation of brand-name strategy is the inevitable requirement of bigger and stronger industries. Based on this, the county party committee, the county government to take on the technology, build mechanisms, grasp the publicity of strategic initiatives, strong implementation of brand-name products strategy. First, focus on carving technical personnel training and exercise. Practice has proved that the talent and technical input to the county carving industry development plays a vital role, to create a brand-name, out of fine, must train a group of carving technicians with high theoretical training and practical experience. Over the past few years, the county carving school for the county carving enterprises to train more than 1,200 medium carving technical personnel, more than 200 people transported to the Central Academy of Fine Arts for further study, Tianjin, Beijing and other arts and crafts masters to Quyang lectures, and greatly improve the quality of carving technicians. In accordance with the overall planning of the Oriental stone carving city, the near future will be in the county carving school on the basis of the planning and construction of Hebei Quyang carving art college, carving process technology, plastic arts design, carving products and modernization of carving technology and other specialties, after completion, each year can cultivate 200 senior art talent. At the same time, actively explore the development of mechanical sculpture, computer design and program-controlled carving, significantly improve production efficiency. Second, the establishment of incentives. The establishment of the county carving special fund, each year to take out a certain amount of money to reward outstanding contributions to enterprises and technical personnel, and constantly incentivize enterprises to improve product quality, create famous products. Third, strong publicity, celebrity effect to promote brand-name strategy. Grasp the publicity of this important link to expand the advantages of the product and market advantages, by participating in trade fairs, investment promotion, capital attraction and other activities, widely publicized Lu Jinqiao, Zhen Yan Cang, An Rongjie and other Quyang carving artists, and constantly improve their visibility at home and abroad, with the celebrity effect of the Quyang stone carving products to improve the grade and taste. Fourth, grasp the supervision. Through the carving association to regulate the industry behavior, refused to crude, to ensure the carving of the hometown of the gold standard.
Actively develop the market. In accordance with the principle of development and utilization, both inside and outside, pay close attention to domestic and foreign, tangible and intangible aspects of market construction. First, the construction of carving city professional market. The project covers an area of 140 acres, construction area of 50,000 square meters, built set business negotiations, information dissemination, financial settlement and other ancillary services in one of the business building hall. The second is to grasp the online sales and chain sales. For more than 30 star enterprises to produce sales web pages, set up a website, more than 30 large and medium-sized cities in the country to establish manufacturers direct sales outlets, take the initiative to seize the domestic and foreign markets. Third, expand the number of enterprises with self-managed export rights. With the Foreign Trade Bureau as the main body, for enterprises to apply for independent export rights, reduce the sales link, directly through the Quyang carving to overseas green channel.