Hefeng Divine Statue Carving

Name and category

According to the public notice of January 2024, Hefeng Divine Statue Carving is one of the new inscriptions in the recommended list for the fourth batch of district-level intangible cultural heritage items, in the traditional fine-art category. The other fine-art items in this batch are Lishui Traditional Flower Arrangement Craft and Cloisonné Enamel Craft.

Applicant and place of transmission

The applicant unit named in the notice is the Hefeng Town People's Government. The item title carries the name Hefeng, so the place of transmission is presumably within Hefeng Town; the notice gives no specific village or workshop.

Wording of the item name

The name uses a word for images of deities. Which pantheon those images belong to is not stated in the notice. This entry follows the wording of the notice without rewriting it.

To be added

• the timber used and the criteria for selecting it;
• the steps of roughing out, carving, smoothing, lacquering and gilding;
• the subjects, sizes and uses of the statues;
• the line of transmission, the workshops and the safeguarding measures.