Sending Empress Bamboo Root Carving

Bamboo root carving is a traditional handicraft, which uses bamboo root as raw material for carving creation. In 2014, bamboo root carving was included in China's intangible cultural heritage list. Bamboo root carvings are included in China's intangible cultural heritage list. This bamboo root carving carved the Chinese mythical figure Sending the Empress. In different parts of China, there are different stories and legends of the Chinese fertility goddess. Empress Bamboo is a goddess image derived from the three goddesses in the Ming Dynasty novel "Fengshen Bang. The three goddesses are the younger sisters of Zhao Gongming, the god of wealth, named Zhao Yunxiao, Zhao Qiongxiao and Zhao Bixiao. Later, these three goddesses merged into one and were called Empress Zhu Sheng.