ADVENT CALENDAR 2024

December 5

NATIVITY FROM CHINA

Zhang Wan Long
Donyang, Zhejiang province, China
Camphor wood
2009

This Nativity was designed by Zhang Wan Long, a Chinese Christian, and carved in the only Christian wood-working shop in China. The Dong Yang Christian Wood-Carving Factory was founded by Wan Long in 1986 in Zhejiang province, a region famous within China for its ancient tradition of woodcarving. All of Wan Long’s products are inspired by Christian themes and biblical stories, and he is proud of his “union of Eastern and Western traditions.” The Holy Family is carved from a single piece of fragrant camphor wood. 

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