Woodcarving (Quanzhou woodcarving), a traditional art of Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. The rise and development of Quanzhou woodcarving was in the second year of the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty (686 AD). After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, she changed the reign title to Kaiyuan and required each state in the country to build a temple. At that time, Quanzhou was economically prosperous and incense was strong. Around the Kaiyuan Temple, more than 100 temples of various sizes were built at the same time, known as the "Great Kaiyuan Wanshou Zen Temple", which provided an extremely broad space for the rise of woodcarving art. It was from this time that Quanzhou's woodcarving artists began to intervene in the large-scale construction project of Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple. Even the east and west towers at that time were completely made of wooden structures and woodcarvings. These two huge wooden towers were later destroyed by war and burned into ruins. In the Sutra Pavilion of Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple, two wooden arhats picked up from the ruins are still preserved. They are simply superb and exquisite. The Song and Yuan Dynasties were the heyday of the development of Quanzhou woodcarving. After Quanzhou Port became the largest port in the East, Quanzhou woodcarving masterpieces, under the care of overseas Chinese and businessmen, traveled along the Maritime Silk Road, across the ocean, to Southeast Asia, and to the world. The Ming and Qing dynasties were the glorious period of the development of Quanzhou woodcarving art. In the tenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong, the father of the national hero Zheng Chenggong, funded the reconstruction of Kaiyuan Temple. Today's Mahavira Hall, known as the "Hundred Pillar Hall", is supported by 100 pillars. Above the pillars are 24 winged wooden flying figures holding the four treasures of the study and southern music instruments, with a variety of manners. These flying figures are like young girls. They symbolize the ancient Hindu sacred bird Miaoyin bird, and also symbolize the 24 solar terms. Regardless of day or night, 24 solar terms a year, 24 hours a day, every year and every month, every moment, there are these Miaoyin birds dancing and enshrined in the Hundred Pillar Hall and around Sakyamuni. When the incense is strong, the smoke lingers between the flying celestial beings, looming, as if fairies have descended to the earth, which is breathtaking. On May 24, 2021, wood carving (Quanzhou wood carving) was announced by the State Council as the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.