Recently, the giant Tao Yan's work "Chinese Dragon Inkstone" was collected by a collector in Lanzhou. The Yantai was led by Zhao Chengde, a farmer from Min County, Gansu Province, and the inheritor of Tao Yan, a state-level intangible cultural heritage, who led 15 craftsmen over three years. The Tao Yan, weighing more than 30 tons, is oval in shape, 6.08 meters long, 2.68 meters wide, and 1.18 meters high. The gray-grey surface is embossed with 56 "Chinese Dragons" with different shapes and poses, ranging from one meter to as small as an inch Xu, Shanhaiguan, Jiayuguan, Temple of Heaven and other sculptures are the main elements of sculpture.
(Editor Du Ping Le Xiaomin)
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]