On November 3, the film crew of China Central Television's "Chinese Video Records" came to our library to collect materials.

It is understood that "Chinese Video Local Records" is a large-scale documentary carefully created by CCTV. The content of the program revolves around the local cultures of various parts of China. It is based on the county (or county-level city) administrative district of our country and focuses on introducing the unique historical traditions of various regions with partial reflections. As a whole, expressing China in a local way, from the perspective of the evolution of Chinese civilization and historical development, it deeply interprets the long-standing and profound Chinese culture, tells vivid and legendary local stories, and showcases the rich and colorful local culture.

China Ante Group has established the Ni Dongfang Art Museum with all its strength. The museum covers an area of more than 3,000 square meters and is divided into four exhibition halls. A comprehensive display of Master Ni’s classic works, an in-depth study of Master Ni’s creative personality and style, and a comprehensive display of the breadth and depth of Qingtian stone carving art, and made a modest effort to promote the Chinese culture and art.

The shooting team first collected materials on the overall environment of our exhibition hall and conducted on-site interviews with Master Ni. Through the shooting, the film crew highly affirmed our museum's vigorous promotion of traditional culture and solid promotion of Qingtian stone carving.

The film crew shoots the materials in the hall

The filming set up a platform for our county to promote overseas, showing the world the unique culture and rich tourism resources of Qingtian. Even if the column team has traveled all over China and watched the beauty of various strange stones, they are still impressed by the beauty of the Qingtian stone.

The film crew interviewed Master Ni Dongfang

Mr. Ni Dongfang was born in Shankou Town, Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province in 1928. He started to engage in Qingtian stone carving art at the age of 15. Because of his diligence and learning, he is good at learning from others, and his skills are improved, especially for flower carving. His stone carving art has achieved success in inheriting and carrying forward traditional skills, pioneering and innovating themes, and expressing the spirit of the new era. For his outstanding achievements, he deserves to be recognized as the master of the Qingtian stone carving industry.

Mr. Ni Dongfang's more than 70 years of artistic career and the countless Qingtian stone carvings he created have established his important position as one of the leading figures in the Qingtian stone carving industry. His works such as "Flower and Full Moon", "Valley", "Melon and Ripe Frog", "Zodiac" and other works have been unanimously praised by the arts and crafts circles as outstanding masterpieces of Qingtian stone carvings. Many of these works have been identified as treasures of arts and crafts Collection. In 1992, " Flower and  Full Moon" was also selected to be printed as a stamp and issued, and it became famous at home and abroad.

The picture shows "Slobber"

The picture shows "The Eagle with Head Up"

Savour the works of Mr. Ni Dongfang carefully, and you can’t help but admire his superb skills and conception, "according to the shape, taking advantage of the situation, choosing the color, and reducing the risk." Every piece of Qingtian stone that he has been given has been given. With new vitality and spiritual core, although Mr. Ni Dongfang is highly respected and knowledgeable, he is very modest and studious, focusing on cultivating young students. Whenever young people bring works to ask him for advice, he always kindly praises the successes and points out the shortcomings.

Mr. Ni Dongfang not only achieved extraordinary artistic achievements, but also wrote the splendor of his life with his noble character. He deserves to be praised as "good morality and art, master style".