竹雕常用的材料是毛竹根。我国南方,随处可见苍翠的毛竹林,每当秋冬之季,山农们砍伐掉冬竹后,山坡上便留下了一个个又长又大的毛竹根。竹雕艺人们往往在中秋以后深入到山区采集竹根。带有须根的毛竹根牢牢地扎根在坚实的山地里,直径范围可达半米以上。艺人们小心翼翼地用开山锄挖掘,尽量不损坏竹的须根。待挖掘出后,再细细除去竹根表皮和须根上的泥沙和污垢,使其显示出竹纤维的天然纹理,然后再把它浸泡到水中,待半个月后,竹根部的纤维便会发软,这给艺人们施艺奏刀带来了方便。 Bamboo common material is bamboo root. In the south of our country, the green bamboo forest can be seen everywhere. Whenever the autumn and winter seasons are over, the mountain farmers cut down the winter bamboo and left the long, big bamboo roots on the hillside. Bamboo carving artists are often deep into the mountains after the Mid-Autumn harvest bamboo roots. Phyllostachys root with roots is firmly rooted in a solid mountain with a diameter of up to half a meter. Artists carefully using the hoe excavation, try not to damage the bamboo fibrous roots. To be excavated, and then carefully remove the bamboo roots and fibrous roots and sediment on the dirt so that it shows the natural texture of bamboo fibers, and then soaked in water until half a month later, the roots of the fiber will be Will be soft, which gives the artistes to bring artisans brought convenience.