赵步云同志是一位南下老干部。1990年他离休之后,总有一种失落感萦回胸怀。闲暇之余便对根雕艺术产生了兴趣,且越玩兴趣越浓,终于找到了发挥自己创造力的新天地。十年寒窗,潜心钻研,反复实践,用根藤雕刻出一组组以《十二生肖》为代表的根艺作品。初步的创作成果,树立了赵老从事根艺创作的信心,更燃起了他根艺创作的一团火……1998年初,赵老开始构思一幅大型作品,以迎接建国50周年和新世纪。他用丰富的想象力,构 Comrade Zhao Buyun is a southward cadre. After he retired in 1990, there was always a sense of loss lingering. In his spare time, he was interested in the art of root carving. The more he became interested, he finally found a new world of creativity. Ten years Hanchuang, painstaking research, repeated practice, with root rattan carved out a group of “Zodiac” represented by the root art works. The initial achievements have set the confidence of Zhao in the creation of root art and even ignited a fire of his creation. In early 1998, Zhao Lao started to devise a large-scale work to welcome the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the new century . He used rich imagination, structure