Datong coal carving

Coal carving is a unique arts and crafts in China, which is produced in Datong. Datong coal carving is made of tree fossils deep in Datong coal seam and carefully ground. The works are clear in texture and delicate in stone, which really gives life to coal art. Coal carving works were recorded as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. Pieces of discarded coal gangue have become vivid works of art after being carefully carved by Shi Yuping, a folk artist in Datong, Shanxi. The Yungang Giant Buddha, the Great Man and Mazu, one by one, are as lifelike as black-and-white photographic works. After being exhibited to Chinese and foreign tourists during the first Yungang Tourism Festival this year, tourists can't put it down, and they have become excellent gifts and collections for Chinese and foreign tourists. Nowadays, coal carvings have been pushed to the international market by Datong people with a proud posture, and all kinds of handicrafts are exported to home and abroad, becoming the collection of Chinese and foreign tourists in Mo Bao. Datong is a famous coal town in China, where a large number of glittering and translucent coal is bred. In addition to the warmth brought by coal burning, a long-standing but little-known art form has quietly appeared in front of the world-"coal carving". When coal is endowed with various images, this supernatural artistic vitality is also outstanding.
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