Root Carving, just like its name, is a kind of a handcraft using the root of wood as the material. The most important principle to follow in root carving is to make use of the natural root. This principle usually goes like this: “Three-tenths is done by man, seven-tenth is determined by nature” then, the shape of the root carving could have its own characteristic. The type of root carving is various. Chairs, stools, tea tables, sofas, flower shelves, screens, etc are the applied root carving. The other root carvings featuring flowers, characters, animals and so on are the ornamental root carving.