Carvings by Yue Ximing

Carvings by Yue Ximing

　　Mr. Yue Ximing, from Maocun in Tongshan, has been engaged in arts and crafts for over 20 years and is renowned for his stone carving art. He was jointly awarded the title of “Master of Art” by five organizations including the Sculpture Art Committee of the China Folk Literature and Art Association, and served as an executive member of the first Sculpture Art Committee of the China Folk Literature and Art Association.

　　Over the past two decades, Mr. Yue Ximing has created more than 3,000 high-quality works, forming four major series themed around the culture of the Han Dynasty: Han Dynasty stone reliefs, garden architecture, and floral-bird-and-human-figure carvings. Among them, his large-scale masterpiece “Ode to the Goddess of Luo,” standing 0.6 meters high and stretching 14 meters long, took three years from draft to completion, setting the record for the largest stone carving in Xuzhou. Especially notable is his labor-intensive work “The Journey of Su Shi,” which consists of 12 carved panels that comprehensively depict the life of Su Shi. It boasts high artistic value and visual appeal and is currently inlaid on the top floor of the Sugu Pagoda at Yunlong Lake for visitors from home and abroad to admire. Yue Ximing’s stone carvings are rare collectibles and travel souvenirs.