The Woodcarving Art Of Tujia Ethnic Minority In Hunan Province

Tujia is a permanent national history. The ancient Ba people is one of the ancestors of theTujia people, is promotes the fusion of all ethnic groups early, after a long-term developmentformed today’s tujia. Tujia is the only a landlocked nation, mainly distributed in Hunan, Hubei,Guizhou, Chongqing area. Different ethnic groups there are differences in living habits,culture, different national culture will form a different form of folk art. Hunan Tujia and woodcarving art is a unique folk art style in this magical beautiful Xiangxi area. Tujia wood is aTujia important folk art, this article from the Hunan Tujia woodcarving art creation anddevelopment background, classification, wood carving art characteristics, wood carving artfunction, other areas of Tujia wood carving art and the inheritance and developmentdiscussions. Tujia is a language of their own is not a national language minorities. In theabsence of long years of national language, with its one’s ability and cleverness, unique taste,rich imagination, wood as raw material, building, furniture, utensils as the carrier, engravedwith the life, culture, thought and different development period of Tujia people. Tujia people’sculture embodies the thought of national art, aesthetic concepts, remember to love the peopleof Tujia people, the prospect of future happy life. This folk art carrier, so that we can stillwarm feelings to the Tujia people’s life and the unique folk culture, can still profound tastewith strong ethnic characteristics of folk art, for our study of Tujia folk art, rich Chineseethnic culture provides important evidence.