Intricately-crafted large Stone Pagoda hand-made in China

Can you believe these intricately-crafted parts of the large granite pagoda are all carved by our stonemasons’hands using a hammer, some chisells and a handheld cutting machine?

Yes, here is Hui’an, Fujian, China’s Capital of Stone Sculpture, where our predecessors had grasped this carving skills as early as 1,600 years ago according to the People’s Daily

You are always to tell me how you like it, also, welcome to give our stone products factory a visit as well.

To get estimates and quotes, please fill out the above form or just send an email to Mr. Evan Chang at istonecarving@gmail.com. Your inquiry will be replied within 3 business days.

#惠安石雕 #佛塔 #石塔

Large Granite Buddhist Statues by China-based ArchiStone

If you really want an exact answer to what our speciality is I think I can’t give you one.
In fact, our carvers are great at carving everything on natural stone materials to your desing drawings or even just a piece of photo.
An author wrote in his book about our stonemasons as “here everyone is a born artist.” I totally agree that.

PS
The man on the 3rd picture is my brother Emin. He’s responsible for all the production procedure in our company based in southeast China’s Fujian Province.

You are welcome to leave a message below or write an email to me at istonecarving@gmail.com if you like a quotation from me or just like to say you like our hand-carved stone statues.

Carving Competitions in my home Hui’an in the remaining months

The longlist of 60 is announced and will compete for the1st Buddhist Culture Sculpture Creative Skills Competition of Fujian province in 3 categories of stone carving, wood carving, and ceramics from 13-19 October in my town of Chongwu, Hui’an, Quanzhou.

The 3rd National Stone-shadow Carving Creative Onsite Skills Competition will take place from 8-11 November at Huian Carving Art Park in my home town.

Feel free to contact Evan Chang when you’re around in southeast China’s Fujian province and have an interest in paying a visit to the events.

Phone: +86 136969 40690
QQ：1290355001
Wechat: changidea
Skype: istonecarving
email: istonecarving@gmail.com

#第三届全国影雕创作现场技能大赛 #福建省首届佛文化雕塑创作技能大赛 #惠安石雕 #泉州欣楷石业有限公司 #福建安腾园林古建装饰有限公司 #惠安山兴石制品厂

Recent Relief project for a classical Chinese ancestral temple

These months we have been busy making relief plaques for the outside walls of a bigger-size traditional Chinese style building located in southern China’s Guangdong, which people call it Zong Ci in mandarin, but its function actually is beyond a temple, more like something for people from the same ancestor to meet and chat on a daily basis.

We are very happy to accept this big order. Relief carving is what we are best at. Our co-founder Haiwei had been working as a first line stone carver for more than 20 years before our company was officially registered. So we have zero tolerance of a carving of bad workmanship.

These relievo plates are of blue stone material. We carve it by hand using chisels and hammers and hand-held drills.

I will post some of them below. It’s suggested to zoom in in order to find the details of our craftsmanship.

You are welcome to visit us and have a cup of tea if you happen to travel in southeast China. Our town has a very beautiful sea view. I believe you will like it.

CONTACT
evan ZHANG Ya-ming
QUANZHOU XINKAI STONE LIMITED
Chongwu Qian-an Industrial Zone, Jian-ming Stone Park
Hui'an, Quanzhou, Fujian 362131
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中国
email: istonecarving@gmail.com or yaoleading@qq.com
Mobile phone: 0086-13696940690
Wechat: changidea
QQ: 1290355001
Skype: istonecarving

View our Haibo sculpting statue on stone

My frequent readers should have not been a stranger to the name of “Haibo”, the sculptor on this video, who is also a family friend, we knew each other since childhood.

After high school he entered into the stone carving industry drawing sketches on granite blocks. And for these recent years he spent more time between Dali and Lijiang, very fantastic tourist cities in the southwest of China.

Plus, he is also a great singer and can play several different musical instruments. You will have a wonderful day if you bump into him in Yunnan, also our hometown Hui’an, “the Stone Carving Capital of China” of course.

#惠安石雕

For quotes and estimates for your stone project

CONTACT

Evan CHANG

  • istonecarving@gmail.com
  • Skype: istonecarving
  • QQ: 1290355001
  • WeChat: changidea

Japan Tombstone Shop call on China factory to resume sooner

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Manager 井岡進 of a Tokyo-based stone shop named 武蔵石材店 told ANN Japan that his shop had a shortage of tombstone because stone factories in Hui’an couldn’t resume production yet affected by COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic broke out this January in central China’s Wuhan, also, 5 of his clients were waiting for those monuments.

武藏石材店有5位客人在等墓碑

Following the Beijing News, another south China-based brilliant press Nanfang Metropolis Daily March 4th made an interview with Huian’s Stone Carving Association director Mr. WANG Zhi-gang. According to WANG, 95% of  gravestone supply in Nihon are imported from Hui’an, i.e., my home town, a place with a good reputation as China’s Capital of Stone Carving that American Prof. Bill Brown of Xiamen University MBA Center mentioned about Hui’an Art on his book Amoy Magic “everybody there is born an artist.”

Please don’t worry!

Quite a number of stone products companies including my factory have already started by February 20th since Hui’an is not a hard-hit region that as of today we only had 2 confirmed cases and both had been cured and left hospital respectively on Feb. 26 and March 2. Headstone wholesale distributors in Japan expect to receive their orders 3-4 weeks later.

#惠安石雕 #日式墓碑石
#新冠病毒 #COVID-19 #coronavirus

华文报道：

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—– CONTACT —–

Evan ZHANG Ya-ming

QUANZHOU XINKAI STONE
Jian-ming Stone Park, Chongwu Qian-an Industrial Zone, Hui'an
Quanzhou, Fujian 362131 China
Phone: +86 136969 40690
Fax: +86 595 8781 7605 （From outside mainland China)
          0595-8781 7605 (From outside Quanzhou city)
QQ: 1290355001
WeChat: changidea
Skype: istonecarving
email: istonecarving@gmail.com
             1290355001@qq.com

New Date for 20th Xiamen Stone Fair

Xiamen Stone Fair Official Webpage

This year’s China (Xiamen) International Stone Fair is rescheduled for early June, which should have been held early March, because of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic in central China’s Wuhan and beyond.

As of March 5, there’s no new case report for the 18th consecutive day in Xiamen. And from the update China has entirely controlled its spread.

Let’s meet again in warm and safe June.

第20届厦门石材展延展

因受在武漢爆發的新冠肺炎病毒的影響，中國廈門國際石材展另擇日六月舉辦。

但是請放心，不僅是我省福建省無再有新的疑似病例，從每天發佈的最新數據看，包括武漢和湖北省顯然都已經控制住了該病毒的蔓延。

—- CONTACT —-

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Evan ZHANG Ya-ming

QUANZHOU XINKAI STONE CO., LTD.
Jian-ming Stone Park, Chongwu Qian-an Industrial Zone, Hui'an
Quanzhou, Fujian 362131 China
Phone: +86 136969 40690
Fax: +86 595 8781 7605 （From outside mainland China)
          0595-8781 7605 (From outside Quanzhou city)

QQ: 1290355001
WeChat: changidea
Skype: istonecarving
email: istonecarving@gmail.com
             1290355001@qq.com

ARCHI STONE begin to accept enquiries

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Our Fujian-based factory resumes today and is entirely ready to handle orders after this tough Spring Festival holidays across mainland China.

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Luckily the noval coronavirus has been under control and workers, freight forwarders and customs officers included, of course, are coming back to their jobs. Please don’t worry about China’s situation and thank you very much for all your concerns and support.

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As usual, our delivery date will be 20-30 days after receiving your down payment.
FOB Xiamen, China or EXW Chongwu.
Your enquiries are very welcome and will be replied within 3 business days.

Anteng Gate 202001

— CONTACT —

Evan ZHANG Ya-ming

QUANZHOU XINKAI STONE
Jian-ming Stone Park, Chongwu Qian-an Industrial Zone, Hui'an
Quanzhou, Fujian 362131 China
Phone: +86 136969 40690
Fax: +86 595 8781 7605 （From outside mainland China)
          0595-8781 7605 (From outside Quanzhou city)

QQ: 1290355001
WeChat: changidea
Skype: istonecarving
email: istonecarving@gmail.com
             1290355001@qq.com

#惠安石雕 #泉州欣楷石業有限公司 #福建安騰園林古建裝飾有限公司
#武漢我們一起加油

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  • A: Wuhan, Hubei, the 2019-nCoV source
  • B: Quanzhou, Fujian, our factory’s location
  • C: Xiamen, Fujian, our loading port
世衛及美國疾控中心均表示截至目前無任何報告表明#武漢新冠肺炎 病毒會停留在來自中國的包裹或進口貨品上。

FAQ on #2019-nCoV  noval coronavirus in central China’s Wuhan city:

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The 5th China (Hui’an) International Carving Art Fair closed yesterday in my town

The 4-day-long 5th China (Hui’an) International Carving Art Fair closed yesterday on 12 November in Hui’an Carving Art Park in coastal southeastern China’s Fujian provinve, 15 minutes drive away from our Chongwu-based stone carving factory.

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Some figures of this year’s carving art fair:

200+ exhibitors from 10 countries and 10+ provinces and regions of China
60,000㎡ Exhibit Space
652 standard booths
40 featured activities

Let me show you some pictures of how the exciting event looks as below:

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Floor Plan of 1st Floor: 

Yellow: Stone Carving Art Exhibition Area
Light Blue: Wood Carving Art Exhibition Area
Purple: Building Components Exhibition Area
Orange: Machinery & Tools Exhibition Area
Grey: Large-scale Stone Sculpture Exhibition Area

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Floor Plan of 2nd Floor:

Green: International, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Area
Yellow: Stone Carving Art Area
Grey: Other Carving Art Area
Dark Blue: Jade Carving Art Area
Light Blue: Wood Carving Art Area
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Opening Ceremony

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Some of Featured Events included:
3、”Carving Art Cup” Work of Art Awards Appraisal

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4、Gravestones and Steles Inscription Skills Competition
5、Tea Set Engaving Designs Contest
9、Top Arts and Crafts Masters from Huian and Taiwan Carving Art Seminar
10、China and Japan Stone Material Meetup
13、Crafts Collection Business Matching
14、Sculpting and Carving Artworks Business Matching
15、Architectural Ornament Business Matching
16、Home Decorations Business Matching

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17、 Entries Show of Traditional Carving Art Competition

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18、Entries Show of Stone Shadow Carving Skills Competition
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19、Work Exhibition of College Graduates Stone Carving Creation Camp
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Wood Carving Live performance Show

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Live Sketch
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Exhibitors & Visitors
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Let’s meet again next November!

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—– CONTACT —–

Evan ZHANG Ya-ming

QUANZHOU XINKAI STONE
Chongwu Qian-an Industrial Zone Hui'an
Quanzhou, Fujian 362131 China
Phone: +86 136969 40690
Fax: +86 595 8781 7605 （From outside mainland China)
          0595-8781 7605 (From outside Quanzhou city)

QQ: 1290355001
WeChat: changidea
Skype: istonecarving
email: istonecarving@gmail.com
             1290355001@qq.com

#惠安雕博會
#第五屆中國（惠安）雕刻藝術品博覽會

Shadow Carving Queen LI Ya-hua featured One Day of Xiamen-ese

有空的时候，李雅华也会自己进行影雕制作，但是已经很少了，因为毕竟这是非常费眼睛的活儿，再要当老师或指导

Ms LI Ya-hua, founder of Huihe Stone Cultural Park in Xiamen, praised as the Queen of Shadow Carving, featured in the 99th episode of One Day of Xiamen-ese for xmnn.cn, Xiamen’s official news portal.

出生于石雕世家的李雅华从小就感受到父亲的高超手艺带给家庭的荣誉，同时她也耳濡目染喜欢上石雕，没事就整天泡在石堆里，跟着学习雕刻技艺李雅华说，而目前的石雕行业，几个问题很让人忧心：一个是老一辈的石雕师傅文化层次不高，缺乏与时俱进的艺术审美眼光；另一个是现在的年轻人吃不了苦，不大愿意从事这行，存在技艺传承上的尴尬困境

Shadow Carving is one category of Hui’an Stone Carving, said to be developed over 300 years ago. Ms LI Ya-hua grew up in our hometown Hui’an county and moved to Xiamen when she followed her father on the construction of  “Southern Fujian Stone Carving Museum” Turtle Garden in Xiamen’s Jimei funded by Singaporean industiralist Mr. Tan Kah Kee, founder of Jimei School Village and Xiamen University.

2017年在厦门举行的金砖国家领导人会晤期间，中俄两国元首共同参观闽南非物质文化遗产展，展示了影雕作品《兰闺雅集》、《惠安女赶集》等。习近平主席陪同俄罗斯总统普京近距离观摩了现场创作，李雅华身着惠安女服饰，在现场雕刻一幅尚未完成的作品《惠安女赶集》。

Dressed in traditional Hui’an women’s clothes, Ms LI was demonstrating this our hometown Hui’an-only skill , which we call “shadow carving”, on a hematite stone board in the presence of Russian President Putin and President XI Jin-ping during 2017 BRICS Summit in southeast China’s Xiamen.

展馆里，四名身着惠安传统服饰的女子正在黑色石板上击打凿点，进行影雕制作，李雅华耐心对她们进行了指导

LI Ya-hua now spends more time on training students for the carving skills.

2001年，李雅华创办了惠和石文化园；2008年，惠和石文化园被确认为福建省文化产业示范基地；2014年，惠和股份董事长李雅华被列为福建省非物质文化遗产代表性传承人；2015年11月，李雅华创办的惠和石雕公司经过改制后成功挂牌新三板

For more photos about LI’s one day life, please visit http://zt.xmnn.cn/b/amoy/99/ at xmnn.cn, Xiamen’s official news portal.

开完小会，按照惯例，李雅华会到各个展馆开始走走看看，巡视发现运转情况和存在的问题

PS.

Xiamen is located on the west coast of Taiwan Straits. It’s also the host city of China Xiamen International Stone Fair that has been held for 19 consecutive years since 2001.

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—— Factory Visit Invitation ——–

Our carving factory is located in Hui’an county near the middle of  Xiamen-Fuzhou expressway, about 40 minutes from Jinjiang and downtown Quanzhou, with very convenient transportation. So feel free to contact me when you’re around and intereted in how our carvers work on a hard stone by hand and chisel.

Evan CHANG
QUANZHOU XINKAI STONE CO., LTD.
FUJIAN ANTENG GARDEN & ARCHITECTURE DECOR. CO., LTD.
Phone: 0086-13696940690
1290355001@QQ.COM
istonecarving@gmail.com
QQ: 1290355001
WeChat: changidea
Skype: istonecarving