Prerequisites

These are basic tools necessary for woodblock carving: Tag-pai Shing (plank) for engraving, jeli(plane) and Sok-som(sandpaper) to smooth rough surface,Par-yig(script sheet),Pyin(glue) to paste the script,Sek-chung(skew chisel), Min-dru (fluted chisel),Dar-do(whetstone) to sharpen the tools,Pe-kar mar-khu(mustard oil) to soften the wood,phag-ze(brush) to clean he surface, and Chu-rey(damp cloth) to cover the woodblock.