Wood carving refers to a folk handicraft involving carving decorative patterns or designs by hand on wood or wood ware；it also refers to the wood or carved wood ware. The famed wood carving technology today in China is mostly inherited from the Qing Dynasty，of which Dongyang wood carving in Zhejiang,mahogany carving of Suzhou,gold lacquer wood carving, palace lantern of Beijing and carved wood ship are the most representative carved wood ware today. The current wood carving technology is not only used as decorations on furniture and architecture,but also used as visual artistic handiwork such as statues of Buddha and arhats, animals, wall hangings, etc.