东岸核桃雕花工艺是一项传统的民间手工艺品，以上蔡县东岸乡的柴庄、大苏庄、小苏庄和小袁庄为盛。东岸乡位于上蔡县境东北边陲，西与朱里乡接壤，南与韩寨乡相连，北与商水县隔河相望。该乡历史悠久，市场繁荣，是上蔡县县境东北部紧靠商水县的一个大集，又是过去周口至汝宁府大道上的一个重要驿站。便利的交通条件，优越的地理环境，都为东岸核桃雕花工艺产业发展起到了推进作用。
    
    东岸桃核雕花工艺起源于明末清初，已有300多年的历史，据当地老艺人回忆，时值清初，东岸核桃雕花工艺已初具规模。三四十年代，以柴庄为首家家户户男女老幼加工制作桃核雕花工艺，产业发展达到鼎盛改革开放后持续发展。近年来，该工艺与时俱进，桃核雕花工艺枯木逢春，又有了复兴的新机。
    
    东岸桃核雕花工艺品类繁多，除最早雕刻有古钱、蜂窝、猴头、盘丝、寿星老、诗词、谜语等“桃扣”工艺产品外；后制作范围不断拓展，手链、桃心、桃葫芦、桃印、绣球、佛珠、十二生肖、桃木剑、桃木刀及桃核宝灯等品类大规模加工生产。根据做工之精糙、品类之繁简，每人日加工300、400之数不等。东岸桃核雕花工艺制作需经浸泡、清洗、上色、上光、晾晒、打眼、磨光及加工等诸多工序，该工艺原料主要来源于桐柏山和南太行山区。
      
    东岸桃核雕花工艺制作考究、经久耐用，且物美价廉，除用于人们“避邪消灾”心理之需，更以其造型美观，花纹多种多样；图案千姿百态，细腻逼真具有一定的实用价值和审美价值。该产品除在本省销售外，还远销东北、两广、湖南、湖北、浙江、安徽、山东诸省，并经义乌远销东南亚及欧美等地，为天下华人和西方人所喜爱。
    
    Dongan Walnut Carving Artistry stems from the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, which has over 300 years till now. According to the local old people, many walnut carving crafts had been produced in the beginning of Qing Dynasty. In 1930s and 1940s, almost every family produced this carving crafts in Chaizhuang Village, when this folk skill achieved its peak and continued to develop after the working out of the policy of Opening and Reforming. In recent years, this making skill catches up with the current and has a tendency of renaissance.  
   
    Dongan Walnut Carvings have various kinds. It has strict standards for making skill, including processes like soaking, washing, coloring, lighting, drying, drilling, polishing, etc, and main materials carrying from Tongbai Mountain and Southern Taihang Mountain.