It is not easy to use rice as a canvas. Especially fixing rice grains is very difficult, because the rice grains are semi-arc and have dents, and it is more difficult to write and draw on them. The most difficult problem of "rice carving" is on small square grains of rice. At the same time, writing and creating patterns, whether it is drawing pictures or calligraphy first. Both must be presented perfectly. As long as there are mistakes, you must give up and start over.

Rice carving can start with simple practice. Before writing, you can first scratch the paper a few times before writing, and then write some complicated characters from the rice. Some substitutions such as running and cursive script should be made. When you are not in use, cover the cover in time and the tip of the pen is easy to dry. When writing, you can keep your eyes closer to the light, and use the pen light to control the pen with light.

You can start with a simple practice. Before writing, you can first stroke a few times on the paper, and then write some complicated characters from the rice after the water is smooth. You should make some substitutions such as running and cursive script. When you are not in use, you should cover the cover in time and the tip of the pen is easy to dry. When writing, you can keep your eyes closer to the light, and it is easy to use the pen to lightly control the pen.

Don’t be discouraged when you have just come into contact with it. You can start by practicing simple characters at the beginning, or practice horizontally and vertically and then you will get better. If you can’t get into the water during the creation process, you can stroke a few times on the paper next to it and then continue to write the words on the rice, because there will be rice chips on the rice, sometimes it is normal not to get into the water.

Don’t trace the words you have written, as the effect will often be worse. If the words are written incorrectly, just change the rice and use them to write slowly. Of course, some good experiences must be mastered in practice.

Carving lettering on rice is a simple and magical technique. You can engrave more than ten words on ordinary rice, making an ordinary rice in life an expensive gold rice!

Rice carving is a novel artwork that integrates folk craftsmanship and fashionable personality. It has extremely high appreciation and economic value. It has little investment and fast returns for engaging in rice-based engraving projects. It is a low-risk, high-return way to get rich.

With the development of society and the improvement of quality of life, people's artistic jewelry requirements are becoming higher and higher, requiring novelty, fashionable and full of personality. Rice carvings and crafts are emerging artworks developed in response to this type of demand using Chinese folk communication and chamber micro-engraving technology, that is, engraving names, blessings, life mottos, famous quotes, Tang poetry, Song lyrics, etc. on an ordinary grain of rice.

Then make craft jewelry necklaces, bracelets, keychains, earrings, mobile phone pendants and other personalized gifts with very fashionable characteristics, which are given to relatives, friends, lovers, colleagues, classmates, and everyone loves them.

Rice is light and affectionate, and rice carving jewelry is the best jewelry gift for modern people to interact with.

Write what you want to say on an ordinary grain of rice, such as ilove, happy birthday, I love you (text, English, and patterns can be written). You can write 2-10 words (generally 4-10 words for beauty). It can be stored for more than 5 years without deterioration or rotting.

In modern times, the engraving of rice, that is, the engraving of rice has become the best witness of love between couples. Write words to tell him (her) on rice. It becomes the only one in the world or give it to the person you love to bring you the most sincere and special blessings.

When I was in college with Chaogang, Mi Ke was very popular. At that time, Mi Ke was a very sacred gift between couples. Some men and women in universities would go to Mi Ke shop to make their Mi Ke shop.

At that time, if something hadn't happened to Chaogang, I would have gone to the rice carving shop with Chaogang to make our rice carvings. Chaogang, don't you?" Li Liping looked at Zhao Chaogang with a warm face, and went to the rice carving shop with Zhao Chaogang to carve a rice carving that belonged to them. But Li Liping was the thing that Li Liping yearned for the most. Therefore, when Zhao Chaogang mentioned Mi Ke today, Li Liping would directly explain to Liu Jingjing what Qi Mi Ke was.

"Yes, if that wasn't the case, I did go back and carve our own rice carvings with Pingping!" Zhao Chaogang also looked at Li Liping with affectionate expression. Li Liping's words just now directly evoked Zhao Chaogang's memories of his college days, that beautiful and warm-hearted memory.

"So there is a skill like carving on rice, which is really unexpected!" Liu Jingjing sighed. After understanding what rice carving is, Liu Jingjing felt that she was eye-opening. She really couldn't imagine it. Just an ordinary person could engrave words on small rice, and the words were not only one, two, but dozens or twenty, and even more. Liu Jingjing once again understood the infinite potential of people.

"Jingjing, human potential is infinite. As long as you understand it, you will find that there are many things in the world that you can't imagine. In your opinion, rice sculpture is a magical skill. However, in the carving industry, rice sculpture is not considered a magical thing at all. In the carving world, there are more magical things.

For example, peach pit carving is more magical and more popular than rice carving." Zhao Chaogang, who was on the other hand, was very dissatisfied with rice carvings. If the rice carvings were not very popular with those couples, Zhao Chaogang would not care much about rice carvings at all.

"Peach pit carving? Is it carving on the peach pit?! Peach pits are so big that they should be worse than rice carvings. Chao Gang, what's going on?"

Liu Jingjing is completely a layman. In her thoughts, the smaller the carving skills are, the better than the carving skills in larger places. Therefore, Liu Jingjing has such questions about Zhao Chaogang's statement.

In fact, this idea is not only unique to Liu Jingjing. Many people who do not understand carving skills will regard the skills of rice carving as the best skill in carving when they first see rice carving and other carving skills. Such things are inevitable. However, in carving skills, rice carving is really a very simple skill.

Because real carving does not focus on carving words on the smallest thing. Real good carving contains the sculptor's efforts, which means that the artistic value is very high. Only such carving is real carving.

The carrier used for rice carving is rice, which is much lower in the sky than other carving carriers. Things like rice are too common and not easy to preserve. Therefore, the value of rice carving is really low.

If this is the reason why rice sculptures can only be popular among couples but not in the carving world, even in the couples world, rice sculptures are popular for only a short period of time. Until now, rice sculptures have not heard much about them.

"Jingjing, peach pit carving is not a simple thing. It contains extremely rich artistic value. Peach pit carving means carving various animals and characters on small peach pits, which is a kind of Han carving art.

Among them, the most representative carvings of the twelve zodiac signs are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, and pig, each with its own mood and vividness. There are also eighteen Arhats, Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, Chinese Pearls, and various flowers, birds, fish and insects.

It is understood that the earliest kernel material of the Ming Dynasty was peach pit. Peach pits and apricot pit carvings in the Ming Dynasty were mostly gods, evil beasts, mascots, etc., which were exquisite and exquisite. They were a kind of pendant hanging under a belt, a silk fan or an embroidery bag. They were also used as decoration and embellishment and can also be enjoyed. Since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the items of kernel carvings were mostly carved with walnut pits, which were specially used for literati and scholars or children of wealthy families to rub and play with.

From the middle and late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, various types of nuclear carvings became increasingly rich, but their exquisiteness and cultural connotations were no longer as good as those in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. There are still many experts in nuclear carving in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who are good at carving and carving. For example, Wu Di Jin Lao, who can be found in historical materials, Yin Genfu, his children Yin Xueyun, Zhong Nianfu, etc.

An old man on the bow of the boat sat with his feet crossed his feet, holding a cup of tea. The child stood with a pot, and there were cups and plates of dishes on the table in the cabin. An old man sat on the table, as if drinking and watching the scenery. The child next to him looked at the distance from the railing. The child at the stern was moving the wine jar. The work was well-organized, with delicate knife skills and exquisite carvings. It was a rare masterpiece of nuclear boats in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.

Another olive pit carving "Mountain View" which was both in the middle and late Qing dynasties and had similar carving techniques, also shows delicate and exquisite micro-carving skills.

This olive pit carving is brown and patina is natural. The core is surrounded by steep cliffs, cliffs, pine rock caves, pavilions and corridors, and other famous mountain attractions, making people feel that a small core shows a paradise-like scenic spot.

In ancient times, literati had the "secret" interest of yearning for the wild interest of mountains and forests. During this period, a number of kernel carvings that express the themes of the wonderful mountains and scenic spots and the Taoyuan world were often published for literati to enjoy and enjoy.

Some are mainly official ships, flower ships, some are famous for their core carvings and beads with the themes of Arhat Heads and Eight Immortals, while others are characterized by single historical and legendary figures such as "Guan Gong" and "Zhong Kui". These core carvings are all exquisite and have their own swordsmanship and artistic characteristics. For example, a nuclear carving official ship from the middle and late Qing Dynasty has a huge olive core material and a rich and elegant hull.

During the period of the nuclear carving variety, in Suzhou, in addition to bracelets such as character carvings and auspicious animal carvings, beaded peach pit carvings (17 pictures) were more popular. There are also single nuclear carving pendants with traditional themes, such as "Riding a Horse Guan Gong", "Riding a Donkey Zhong Kui", "Riding a Bang Hai Playing a Golden Toad", etc.

This type of olive kernel carving that shows carving skills emphasizes the vivid and orderly shape of the carving objects, and the skillful and delicate knife skills. You must stand up to repeated taste when you play in your hands.

For example, "Riding a Horse Guan Gong". The sculptor cleverly conceived the layout with a small olive core, showing Guan Gong's mount, armor and his expression to the fullest. The red rabbit horse that Guan Gong rode and the Yanyue Sword he held were both in shape and spirit. The arrangement and treatment position were just right.

The characters in the whole work are not chaotic in their behavior, and are not vague in front, back and left and right. They are not slight in the subtleties, and are just a slight trick of core carvings. They are not suspicious of chaos and disorder, and they are easy to use. Because artists carve and study them hundreds or thousands of times, they have already become familiar with their layout and knife skills. The items they make are naturally intriguing and impeccable.

The beautiful article "The Nuclear Boat Record" by Yang Hongwu, a Ming Dynasty artist Yang Hongwu, "The Little Boat" by Wei Xuebing, records that Wang Yi, a Changshu artist, used a small peach pit to carve "The Dongpo Boat Rover on the Red Cliff" by using a small peach pit, which made people admire him after reading it.

Among peach pit carvings, the most representative one is the peach pit carving "The Eight Immortals Blue Caihe" in the late Ming Dynasty. The entire peach pit is only the size of an adult's thumb, and the magical skills of micro-carving artists are displayed in the square inch of the world.

The artist carved this peach pit with a high and low surface, based on the shape and texture of the peach pit, and carved the blue face and expression of the Eight Immortals, the flower basket on the head, shoulders and the wave patterns under his feet vividly.

The kernel carving artist seems to have adopted a variety of knife techniques such as round carving, deep carving, hair carving and sinking carving in the Ming Dynasty bamboo carvings. The characters have a precise outline and distinctive concave and convex shapes; the details of the characters and objects are slight, even the blue and hairs on the bun on the head, the rattan stripes and petals of the flower basket on the back are all buckled, which is clearly visible. This peach pit carving work has been deposited for hundreds of years, and the core surface is dark brown, but the patina of the years is shiny.

No famous artist's signature is left on the core, but this peach pit carving is very similar to a Ming Dynasty Eight Immortals "Blue Caihe" apricot carving that Mr. Cai Guosheng, a famous cultural relic connoisseur in Shanghai, once introduced by Mr. Cai Guosheng of the Ming Dynasty.

According to Mr. Cai Guosheng, the eight immortals "Lan Caihe" apricot kernel carving in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties is known as the small seal script of "Qiao Lin". According to historical records, Qiao Lin was from Rugao, Jiangsu in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and was a master of nuclear carving. Qiao Lin is very talented, and his calligraphy and painting carvings are all his own talents, and his carvings and seal carvings are also his strengths. It can be imagined that the skills and taste of the nuclear carvings carved by Qiao Lin are not low.

Although the core sculpture is small, it is grand. Since ancient times to the present, the core sculpture has amazed and fascinated countless hidden and toyed people with its unique artistic charm.

As long as the carving carving is exquisite and small and exquisite, as long as the carving skills of the carving master are exquisite, the themes they create are in line with the tastes of contemporary viewing and collectors, and have certain novelty and taste, such a carving will always be favored and cherished.

Therefore, Jingjing, peach pit carving is not comparable to that of rice carvings. Peach pit carving contains carving people’s understanding of life and art. It also contains extremely superb micro-carving skills. Therefore, the status of peach pit carving in micro-carving is very high and very high. Things like rice carving are really incomparable to peach pit carvings compared to peach pit carvings!”

Zhao Chaogang introduced to Liu Jingjing in detail what peach pit carving is, its status in micro-carving, and its popularity, and other information, which benefited Liu Jingjing on the other side.

"So this is peach pit carving. I really didn't expect that peach pit carving has such a history and status. Rice carvings are indeed not as good as peach pit carvings!" Some Zhao Chaogang's detailed explanation, Liu Jingjing of course figured out the difference and status between rice carvings and peach pit carvings.

"Chao Gang, how could you understand this knowledge so much? These knowledge are generally understood by those who make antiques, and you don't make any antiques. So, when did you learn this knowledge?"

Li Liping was very surprised that Zhao Chaogang knew about these antiques so well. You must know that when he was in college, Zhao Chaogang was a student in the finance department, so when he was ordinary, Zhao Chaogang would not look at these antiques at all. As a classmate of Zhao Chaogang when he was in college, Li Liping knew this very clearly.

However, now looking at Zhao Chaogang's proficiency in these antiques, it is obvious that Zhao Chaogang has read a lot of antique books, which makes Li Liping very curious about when Zhao Chaogang reads these books.

"Pingping, I learned this knowledge in prison. After I came into contact with the refining of weapons, I needed to learn to carve the formations because of the need to carve the formations, which is of great benefit to me practicing the formations. Many of the lines of the formations are carved on very small things, which requires the cultivator to have extremely strong carving skills.

Therefore, for the need for formation cultivation, I started to learn how to carve in prison. I read these things about peach pit carving. You know the ability of cultivators in memory. Although you can't remember them until they are not forgotten, you can still do it after several times.

Pingping, Jingjing, I haven’t relaxed in my eight years of prison life!" At the end, Zhao Chaogang’s tone was a little playful, which was Zhao Chaogang eased the atmosphere. As soon as he talked about going to jail, the atmosphere became a little stiff.

"Chao Gang, you've been miserable..." Liu Jingjing and Li Liping stepped forward and hugged Zhao Chaogang at the same time. They wanted to use their hugs to resolve the depression that Zhao Chaogang had formed because of being in jail.

However, it was obvious that Li Liping and Liu Jingjing were wrong, because Zhao Chaogang was not depressed at all about her jail. Not to mention that Zhao Chaogang's mistake led to the murder of one person and seriously injured two people, Zhao Chaogang did not complain much about her jail.

After all, Zhao Chaogang did something wrong. Compared to the person who lost his life, it was much better to just go to jail. In addition, Zhao Chaogang got the five-color stone in the prison, which made Zhao Chaogang a cultivator. Therefore, Zhao Chaogang was not depressed at all about going to jail.

Without this jail, Zhao Chaogang could not get the five-colored stone. Without the five-colored stone, Zhao Chaogang could not become a cultivator. Without the five-colored stone, Zhao Chaogang would not become a cultivator. How could Zhao Chaogang meet Li Liping again and marry Li Liping?

Imagine if Zhao Chaogang did not become a cultivator, what would Zhao Chaogang be like after he was released from prison? At that time, Zhao Chaogang must have no courage to go to Anxi University to study his previous university life. If Zhao Chaogang did not go to Anxi University to remember his university life, how could Zhao Chaogang meet Li Liping? If Zhao Chaogang did not meet Li Liping, how could he be with Li Liping?

Even though Li Liping finally found Zhao Chaogang, Zhao Chaogang had any confidence to accept Li Liping at that time. Zhao Chaogang was a labor camper at that time and had no skills to show off. Li Liping was a teacher at Anxi University. The two had too many differences in their identities, so Zhao Chaogang would not be with Li Liping in the end.

Of course, there is no need to worry about Zhao Chaogang's marriage. Zhao Qiang has planted so many Chinese torreya trees. Zhao Chaogang has found a woman to marry in his hometown, but it is still a problem. However, it is really difficult for Zhao Chaogang to marry Li Liping. It is very great. It is definitely not easy for Li Liping's parents to pass.

"Pingping. Jingjing, you misunderstood. I don't feel depressed about these eight years of prison life, so you don't need this!" Zhao Chaogang gently pushed Li Liping and Liu Jingjing away, looking at them with a warm face.

As soon as he saw the brightness in Zhao Chaogang's eyes, Li Liping and Liu Jingjing knew that what Chaogang said just now was indeed the truth, and Chaogang didn't say anything to deceive them.

"Chao Gang, why are you..."

"Why are there no depressed hearts, right?" Before Liu Jingjing could finish her words, Zhao Chaogang on the side continued: "Jingjing, Pingping, I accidentally injured one person's life, and caused the other two people to be seriously injured, so it was supposed to be in jail.

Although at the beginning, I was really extremely depressed. A college student with a good future suddenly became a labor reform prisoner. Such a huge contrast is hard to accept, so at the beginning, my heart was dark.

However, as time passed, I slowly figured out that this was the punishment I had to accept when I did something wrong. Moreover, at that time I obtained the practice of cultivation and embarked on a more brilliant path to cultivation, which fundamentally changed my life trajectory.

Cultivation not only makes my future without any obstacles, but it can be said to be brighter. With these, there will be any dark corners in my heart. So, Pingping and Jingjing, in the future, even if I talk about my jail, don’t worry about whether I feel uncomfortable, because I have a clear conscience in my heart now."

Zhao Chaogang directly summarized himself with the idiom of clear conscience. After listening to Zhao Chaogang's words, a stone in his heart finally disappeared completely.

In jail, it is a very unpleasant thing. Therefore, in order not to remind Zhao Chaogang of this stain, Li Liping and Liu Jingjing would never mention anything about going to jail. They were afraid that it would hurt Zhao Chaogang's heart. In jail can definitely be regarded as the biggest stain in Chaogang's life.

With such an idea, Li Liping and Liu Jingjing would ask Zhao Chaogang about his jail time, so they didn't know that Zhao Chaogang didn't care about his jail time at all. Even if others mentioned it, Zhao Chaogang would not take it seriously.

However, now, with Zhao Chaogang's explanation, Li Liping and Liu Jingjing finally understood Zhao Chaogang's attitude towards the matter of going to jail. In the future, they no longer need to worry about these things, because Zhao Chaogang has completely broken the inner demon of going to jail.

"Chao Gang..." Li Liping and Liu Jingjing didn't say anything, but rushed into Zhao Chao Gang's arms and began to act coquettishly. This is how women are, and they like to act coquettishly at any time.

"Haha, okay, okay, don't act coquettish anymore. We still have some serious things to do." Zhao Chaogang gently patted Li Liping and Liu Jingjing on the shoulders, and Li Liping and Liu Jingjing let go of Zhao Chaogang.

"Pingping, Jingjing, the power of the talisman is extremely powerful. With the same magic power output, the destructive power generated by the cultivator is much weaker than that of the talisman. This is because when cultivators refining the talisman, they introduced the power of heaven and earth.

It is not that easy for a cultivator to introduce the power of heaven and earth into the talisman. He needs to use other attacks to help him achieve this goal, and the formations on the talisman pen play this role.

The essence of the formation is to mobilize the power of heaven and earth through some special patterns, and then use these powers of heaven and earth to deal with the enemy. Since the formation can mobilize the power of heaven and earth to deal with the enemy, the formation can also introduce the power of heaven and earth into something, such as a talisman.

The power of heaven and earth is like a magnifying glass, which can magnify the magic power of the cultivator at geometric levels. Therefore, it is extremely important to merge into the power of heaven and earth into the talisman, which leads to the need to carve the formation on the talisman's body." Zhao Chaogang explained why the formation needs to be carved on the talisman. If Zhao Chaogang didn't say these reasons, Li Liping and Liu Jingjing would not know.

"Chao Gang, we understand, you continue!" Zhao Chaogang's explanation was very clear, and Li Liping and Liu Jingjing understood it as soon as they heard it.

"Very good, Pingping and Jingjing, the engraving of the formation is not a simple matter, especially in the engraving of the formation patterns, which is even more difficult. Why does the formation have such powerful power? It relies on the formation patterns, of course. There is also the role of the spiritual energy in the spirit stone. With these two things, the power of the formation can be maximized.

Some cultivators with extremely high formation cultivation can integrate the patterns of the formation into a formation base. In this way, when they respond to the enemy, they can arrange the formations as quickly as possible, so as to ensure their safety or eliminate the enemy to the greatest extent.

I can also refine the array base, but today we are refining the talisman pen, and there is no need for the array base, so I will not talk about the array base anymore. I will talk about it later if you want to understand Pingping and Jingjing.

The body of Fu Bi is very small, so it is very difficult to arrange a formation on it, which requires strong engraving technology. Therefore, after Pingping and Jingjing, you will practice the engraving skills yourself after the refining of the weapon, so that you can become a master of formation and refining weapon in the future. Do you understand?"

"I understand. Chaogang, after this honeymoon, we will learn carving as soon as possible. Don't worry!" Li Liping and Liu Jingjing agreed readily. They were people who wanted to become masters of weapon refining. Therefore, they would not ignore the formation.

"That's good!" Zhao Chaogang nodded with gratitude. Then he continued to say: "The body of the talisman pen is very small, and the talisman pen is used to carve talismans. Therefore, the formation we engraved on the talisman pen this time is the Yin and Yang Qi array, and the Yin and Yang Qi are the most essential power between heaven and earth. Therefore, using the Yin and Yang Qi array can attract the power of heaven and earth well.

In addition, the Yin and Yang Qi are well compatible with the Five Elements Spiritual Qi, so engraving the Yin and Yang Qi array on the talisman pen can make the cultivators more effective when refining the talisman.

The talismans are also divided into different attributes. The nine layers and nine are all talismans with five elements attributes. If the formation engraved on the talisman pen is of five elements attributes, then the talismans that can be refined by this talisman will only have the corresponding attributes talismans, which is too wasteful.

For example, if I engrave a water-attributed formation on the pen of this talisman, then when I use this talisman to carve a talisman, I can only engrave a water-attributed and wood-attributed talisman. Among the five elements attributes, water-attributed talismans can produce wood-attributed talismans. Therefore, a water-attributed talisman can also refine a wood-attributed talisman.
To be continued...