![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thailand įruit carving is a significant part of Thai cultural heritage. Europe įruit carving is included in Matthias Giegher's 1621 work Il Trinciante ("The Carver"), where he describes carving oranges and citrons into abstract patterns, shell-fish, four-legged animals and the Habsburgs' double-headed eagle, but the art was not common in Europe or North America until the 1980s when several books on the topic were published. Chinese fruit carving is used to tell their legends and stories. Usually, the outside of the melon is carved on and the melon pulp is scraped out of the inside of the melon, so it can be used as a container to put food or flowers in. Specifically, watermelon carving has been and still is very popular in China. Not only is fruit carving used in cultural and traditional ceremonies, but also ordinary households are known for decorating plates with fruit carvings when they have guests over. Fruit carving in China usually features legendary creatures, and animals. Many believe that fruit carving originated in China during the Tang Dynasty, which lasted from AD 618-906. There are many fruits that can be used in this process the most popular one that artists use are watermelons, apples, strawberries, pineapples, and cantaloupes. Fruit carving is the art of carving fruit, a very common technique in Europe and Asian countries, and particularly popular in Thailand, China and Japan. ![]()
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