Wood carving boards as symbols of history and culture in different regions in China, are commonly used in traditional furniture, windows, doors and building decoration components. In order to conserve and inherit the folk sculpture techniques and design, a three-dimensional（3D） scanning technology was used to obtain the appearance features information of the carving boards. Then replicas of the carving boards were printed out by a 3D printer based on the appearance features information obtained. This technique initiates the creation of a wood carving board database, which is advantageous in research and teaching of the cultural wood carving tradition.