Han Chinese

Gao Jinfu – Master of Wamao-making Craft in Heqing County, Dali  Wamao (tile cat): whimsical tile cat put on the roof of Naxi houses to protect and draw in...

Peng Shouzhong – Inheritor of Wamao-making Craft in Qilin District, Qujing  Wamao (tile cat): whimsical tile cat put on the roof of Naxi houses to protect and draw in...

Jiang Kailiang – Folk Painting Artist in Zhanyi County, Qujing  沾益县林角乡民间绘画艺人 – 姜开良 http://www.ynich.cn/view-ml-13111-2548.html...

Yue Shuhua – Artist of Sketch Drawing for Buddha Statue in Luliang County, Qujing  陆良县马街镇采绘佛塑艺人 –   岳树华 http://www.ynich.cn/view-ml-13111-2550.html...

Feng Yulin – Master of Folk Buddha Sculpture in Lufeng County, Chuxiong  禄丰县民间佛像雕塑艺人 – 冯玉林 http://www.ynich.cn/view-ml-13111-2551.html...

Zhang Qiyi (张齐义) is a folk woodcarving artist from Hexi Town (河西镇), Tonghai County (通海县), renowned for his exquisite woodcarving skills and unique artistic style. He has inherited the...

Personal Background Birthplace and Ethnicity: Born in 1954 in Tanjia Ying Ba She (谭家营八社), Hexi Town (河西镇), Tonghai County (通海县), Yuxi City (玉溪市), Yunnan Province (云南省); of Han ethnicity....

Personal Background Birth and OriginBorn in 1959 in Daiwen Village (戴文村), Hexi Town (河西镇), Tonghai County (通海县), Yuxi City (玉溪市), Yunnan Province (云南省). He is of Han ethnicity. Physical...

Profile Li Guihua(李贵华) was born in 1952, and he is a native of  Longjie Town, Jiangchuan County, Yuxi City(玉溪市江川县龙街镇). Weaving is the ancestral skill of his family.  Personal Experiences When...

Personal Background Birth and OriginBorn in 1928 in Erjie Shangcun Village, Dajie Town (大街镇), Yimen County (易门县), Yuxi City (玉溪市), Yunnan Province (云南省), of Han ethnicity. Artistic LineageIn 1943,...

Belonging to the Yi ethnic group, Zou Rongzhen is a skilled inheritor of the traditional craft of making “blowing chickens” from Lin’an Town, Jianshui County, Yunnan Province. Below is...

Early Life and Introduction to Wood-carving Xu Zhenghai (徐正海), a Han Chinese born in 1953, hails from Shanmu Village (杉木村), Shanmu Township (杉木乡), in Dongchuan District (东川区), Kunming. Growing...