象陽鎮：中國民間藝術之鄉

浙江樂清市象陽鎮與聞名全國的電器之都柳市鎮毗鄰，轄35個行政村，3.6 萬人口，是浙江省教育強鎮，溫州市首批小康鄉鎮、衛生鎮、工業強鎮和百強鎮，樂清市二類強鎮、文明鎮。2000年5月，被國家文化部命名為“中國民間藝術之鄉”。

象陽的民間工藝歷史悠久，技藝精湛，崛起于明末清初，繁榮于改革開放以后。以后橫村為代表生產的黃楊木雕與東陽木雕、青田石雕并稱“浙江三雕”，其產品構思巧妙，刀法流暢，形象栩栩如生。石雕以四板橋村為龍頭，其產品以鑲嵌、拼雕大件的作品而具特色，講究因材施藝，精雕細鏤，形象逼真，層次豐富。細紋刻紙以寺前村為主導，生產的產品以“細”著稱，工藝講究，富有情趣。此外上池頭村、湯岙余村的竹簾刺繡，湯東、湯西村的園木嫁妝等風格獨特，各具特色。

象陽工藝品的題材非常廣泛，有的表現田園風情、山水野趣，有的表現人文景觀、神話傳說。產品中既有花瓶、筆筒、煙具、印章等實用品，也有人物、飛禽走獸、佛像屏風、山水風光等觀賞品。刀法神奇、匠心獨運，集實用、觀賞、收藏價值于一身，深受國內外客商的青睞。

象陽藝人非常注重傳幫帶的培養，大都是子承父業，有許許多多祖孫三代共同從事民間藝術的雕刻世家，使象陽鎮的工藝代代相傳。全鎮共有高級工藝美術師職稱3人，工藝美術職稱21人，助理工藝美術師職稱30多人，技術員800多人。

象陽藝人非常重視市場信息，提倡因人制宜、因地制宜。象陽人在北京、天津、上海、南京、西安、深圳、普陀山、雁蕩山等城市和旅游勝地設有工藝品銷售窗口，還經常有國外的客人來象陽洽談生意，銷售網絡比較健全。

Xiangyang Town: Home of Folk Arts

By Huang Xianlin

Xiangyang Town in southern Zhejiang Province's Yueqing City enjoys various honors for its developments in education， medical care and health programs， industrial development， economic prosperity， etc. One of the honors is Home of Chinese Folk Arts awarded by the Ministry of Culture in May 2000.

Folk arts and crafts of the town date back to the last years of the Ming Dynasty and early years of the Qing Dynasty. The boom， however， came about after the reform policy was introduced in the 1980s. Villages around the town specialize in different crafts. Hongheng Village makes Qingtian stone sculpture， boxwood carving and Dongyang wood carving， the three major carving products for which Zhejiang is known across the country. Sibanqiao Village enjoys a reputation for its large-scaled stone sculpture pieces. Its embedded sculpture and put-together stone carving pieces are well known. Siqian Village is celebrated for its exquisite paper-cut masterpieces. Other products include embroidery on bamboo curtains and log dowries.

Artists of knives and scissors create masterpieces of landscape， rural delights， historical stories， myths and legends. Products include vases， brush pots， seals， smoking sets， and screens. They are both practical decoration pieces and valuable art collectors' treasures.

Crafts and arts run in families in the town. In some families three-generation carvers work together. At present， the town has three senior Masters of China Arts Crafts， 21 masters and 30 assistant masters. There are altogether over 80 technicians involved in arts and crafts works in the town.

Xiangyang craftsmen have sales outlets in Beijing， Tianjin， Shanghai， Nanjing， Xi'an， Shenzhen， Putuo Mountain and Yandang Mountain. Foreign business people often visit the town.