这次中国工艺美术学会雕塑专业委员会和福建省惠安县人民政府及民间厂家、泉州地区共同举办了2000年度的《中国雕塑论坛》和国际性的雕刻大赛。 惠安县的惠安女举世闻名,但很多人不知道惠安其实是我国石、木雕水平最高的民间木、石雕基地,现在已发展到一千余家雕刻厂的规模(在一个县的范围内)。这里非但有机械化程度相当高的大型雕刻企业,并且拥有一大批第一流水平的老艺人。更加令人高兴的是,这些老艺人都带出了一批中青年雕刻家,他们既继承了木、石雕的优秀传统,而且敢于创新、勤于探索,已成长为福建木、石雕刻的中坚力量,成为当前企业中的顶梁柱。我个人的看法,这儿是目前国内能保持古代民间雕刻优秀传统的极少数典范之一。为什么在惠安县民间雕刻会得到这样的发展呢?原因当然是多方面的首先 The sculpture committee of China Arts and Crafts Society and Huian County People’s Government of Fujian Province and private manufacturers, Quanzhou area jointly organized the 2000 annual “China Sculpture Forum” and the international sculpture contest. Huian County, Hui’an County is world famous, but many people do not know that Huian is actually a stone carving base with the highest level of stone and wood carving in our country. Now it has grown to more than a thousand carving factories (within the scope of one county). There is not only a very large mechanized carving enterprise, but also a large number of first-class old artists. Even more gratifying is that these old artists brought out a group of young and middle-aged sculptors, who not only inherited the excellent tradition of wood and stone carving, but also dared to innovate and diligently explore, has become the backbone of Fujian wood, stone carving Power, the backbone of the current business. My own opinion is that here is one of the few examples in the country that can maintain the fine tradition of ancient folk carvings. Why folk carving in Huian County will be such a development? The reason is of course the first of many