ChinesewoodcarvingisoneofChinesetraditionalartswithatime-honoredhistory.TheearliestexistingwoodcarvingisbelievedtobemadeduringtheWarringStatesPeriodaboutthreethousandyearsago.WoodcarvinginChinaconstitutesthreemajorcategories:architecturecarving,furniturecarvingandartworkscarving.Chinesewoodcarvingisappreciatedworldwideforitsimpressivelydetailedstructuresandthebeautyofitsthemes.Today,traditionalwoodcarvingscanbeseeninprivategalleriesandalsoonthedecorationsoverresidentialareasonbothsidesoftheYangtzeRiver.
1.中国的木雕有着悠久的历史：“悠久的历史”可译为alonghistory，也可译为atime-honoredhistory,time-honored意为“悠久的，老的”，如，“中华老字号”则为time-honoredbrandofChina。
2.人们认为现存最早的木雕大约是在三千年前的战国时期雕刻完成的：本句可以将“人们”一词省去不译，用theearliestexistingwoodcarving作主语。谓语则是“被认为是”，可译为bebelievedto，这里的to是动词不定式的标志。“雕刻完成”即“被做好”，可译为bemade。“在三千年前的战国时期”则译作状语，即duringtheWarringStatesPeriodaboutthreethousandyearsago。
