Jin Tieling
Lineage & School of Heritage
Born into a family long established in silk-flower making, he learned the craft from childhood under his father Jin Yulin and entered the Beijing Silk Flower Factory in 1978.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Manchu ethnicity, born in July 1956 in Beijing. Upholding the Hua'er Jin family principle of pursuing beauty and imitating fresh blossoms, he commands a highly proficient technique, and the forms of his works are remarkably true to life. In the early 1990s, after the Beijing Silk Flower Factory was disbanded, he nevertheless continued to make silk flowers, crafting every petal and every leaf entirely by hand. He regularly goes into communities, schools and enterprises to demonstrate, publicise and teach silk-flower making, and takes an active part in transmission and safeguarding work.
Honors & Recognition
Representative bearer of Beijing Juanhua (Beijing silk flower), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He won the gold award of the China Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Award in 1982 and the gold award of the China Arts and Crafts Exhibition in 2013.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Beijing Juanhua Ⅶ-70
- Beijing Juanren Ⅶ-70
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