[Commentary] Rabbits, cats, orangutans, dinosaurs...In Huang Hongji's studio, the vivid and different "wooden animals" are amazing.

Huang Hong, who now lives in Changchun, Jilin, has been obsessed with woodworking for more than ten years, and has created more than 1,000 animal-related works in successive years.

　　Recently, reporters came to Huang Hongji's studio and saw him carving works at his desk.

The skilled knifeman carved out a small animal in a short while.

For Huang Hongji, every small animal carved here embodies his childhood dreams.

　　[Concurrent] Woodcarving craftsman Huang Hongji

　　Because I have watched the animal world since I was a child, and then I especially like all kinds of animals.

I like birds and beasts, and those who run in the enclaves in the sky, so I want to make a set of "animals" in the form of wood.

　　[Explanation] Among the many works, a "chimpanzee" is very eye-catching, and this work is also yellow and red and the most proud.

　　Huang Hongji introduced that the work "Chimpanzee" was inspired by the movie "King Kong".

He said that in the process of making this work, the most difficult part was restoring the facial expressions of the orangutans. You need to keep pressing the pause button while watching the movie, while observing and carving. It took five days to complete the work.

　　Huang Hongji told reporters that although wood carving may seem simple, it also requires a lot of preparation in advance.

When designing drawings and choosing wood, every link must be careful and serious.

　　The reporter saw that there were planes, round chisels, flat chisels and steel rulers on the walls inside the house.

Huang Hongji introduced that woodcarving pays attention to knives. Carving different things requires different tools. For example, triangle knives are used to carve human hair and animal hair.

In the blanking stage alone, there are nearly forty different blanking knives, and in the process of carving large wood carvings, hundreds of knives are required, accurate to one millimeter in size.

　　[Concurrent] Woodcarving craftsman Huang Hongji

　　Then in terms of details, the engraving first engraves the big outline and then the details. The details are actually very important. Then if the details are not well engraved, the attitude of the entire animal will appear particularly rigid, so it is necessary to grasp this detail during the engraving and pay attention to it at ordinary times. Observe more.

　　[Explanation] At present, Huang Hongji also accepts "private orders" from guests while creating his favorite works. Some guests bring photos of their pets and ask him to help make wood carvings.

　　Huang Hongji told reporters that he has always had a dream to build an animal kingdom in the form of wood carving.

　　[Concurrent] Woodcarving craftsman Huang Hongji

　　At present, I have carved more than 100 kinds of birds, and now I will gradually improve, and then strive to carve a complete bird book.

Then after the bird carving is finished, I will carve various animals, for example, cats, canines, including animals in the ocean.

Finally, I want to carve a set of my own wood animal kingdom.

　　Reporter Sun Boyan reports from Changchun, Jilin

Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】