中国范儿130 剑川木雕：木本无华，雕琢而成经典
“雕得金龙腾空舞，刻出雄鸡报五更。”这是白族民歌中传唱的剑川木雕。剑川位于云南大理，素有“木雕之乡”的美誉。从古至今，剑川木匠们走南闯北，名扬四方。北京的故宫、承德的避暑山庄和昆明的金马碧鸡坊等著名古建筑上，都取自剑川木匠之手，有剑川木雕的精湛呈现。
"Look like a real dragon dancing in the sky and a crowing cock in the morning."--- this typical Bai nationality song shows how vivid the Jianchuan wood sculptures are. Jianchuan, located in Dali, Yunnan Province, is known as the "hometown of wood carving". Since ancient times, the carpenters in Jianchuan traveled across the country and became renowned for their skills. Beijing's Forbidden City, Chengde's summer resort, Kunming's Jinma Biji square and other famous ancient buildings are the handiwork of Jianchuan carpenters and an exquisite presentation of Jianchuan wood carving.
剑川木雕是一种木雕工艺品手法，起于唐朝，兴于清朝，历史悠久。以浮雕、透雕为主，雕刻各类人物、花鸟、山水及龙凤吉祥如意的图案，做工精细，用料考究。
Jianchuan wood carving is a kind of wood carving handicraft technique with a long history which originated in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Qing Dynasty. Featuring reliefs and openwork carvings, the sculptures include all kinds of figures, flowers and birds, landscapes and auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes, using fine workmanship and exquisite materials.
1996年，云南省政府想要把中华美术史上的瑰宝《张胜温画卷》用剑川木雕的形式呈现于世，《张胜温画卷》描绘的是南宋时期大理国的繁荣昌盛，有专家将它与同时代的《清明上河图》誉为“南北双绝”。国家非遗传承人段国梁带领30多位雕刻技师 ，用时一年半完成了巨型木雕《张胜温画卷》的巨作，这件木雕巨作长达97.6米，高1.8米，由134块木雕组成，总计176平方米，是中国目前最长的木雕。
In 1996, the Yunnan provincial government recreated in wood Zhang Shengwen’s Painting Scroll , a treasure in the history of Chinese Fine Arts. Zhang Shengwen's Painting Scroll depicts the prosperity of Dali during the Southern Song Dynasty. Along with ‘Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival’ created in the same era, it was hailed as "two wonders of the south and the north". Duan Guoliang, the inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage, led more than 30 carving technicians to complete the giant woodcarving Zhang Shengwen's Painting Scroll in a year and a half. The woodcarving masterpiece is 97.6 meters long and 1.8 meters high. It is composed of 134 woodcarvings, with a total of 176 square meters. It is the longest Woodcarving in China at present.
剑川木雕集明清各式木雕之精华，较其它木雕相比，尽显古朴大方，高雅别致，更富有民族特色。2011年，剑川木雕被列入第三批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。
Jianchuan wood carving sets the essence for all kinds of wood carving in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Compared with other wood carvings, it shows simplicity, elegance and national characteristics. In 2011, Jianchuan woodcarving was listed in the third batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
如今，剑川木雕久负盛名，流传于海内外。在制作上，木雕匠人独具匠心，尤其难能可贵的是，将木雕造型与宛如山水画的大理石有机结合，打造云木雕花镶嵌大理石家具，备受欧美国家人们喜爱，形成集艺术观赏、珍藏、实用价值为一体的民族工业产品。
Nowadays, Jianchuan wood carving enjoys a reputation at home and overseas. In terms of production, woodcarvers have shown their own creativity in combining woodcarving with marble to create wood carving furniture inlaid with marble, which is popular in Europe and the United States. It’s a national industrial product integrating artistic appreciation, collection and practical value.
千百年来，剑川匠人在一锤一斧，一敲一凿间，缔造了精湛的木雕工艺，也传承着华夏文明的历史馨香。
For thousands of years, Jianchuan woodcarvers have created exquisite wood carving technology and, with their hammering and chiseling, inherited a piece of history of Chinese civilization.