Wang Jinshan
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Wang Jinshan, a male of Han ethnicity, was born in 1939 in Suzhou, Jiangsu. He is a national representative bearer of Suzhou Kesi Weaving Craftsmanship, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts. In 1956 Wang Jinshan joined the Suzhou Embroidery Arts and Crafts Society, where he studied kesi weaving under Shen Jinshui; through many years of practice and exploration, he became able to correctly analyze the woven structures, styles and characteristics of kesi works of various periods, and on that basis to make effective technical assessments of works and to prepare threads, dye them, and carry out repairs and replication. While carrying on the tradition, he developed new kesi techniques, being the first to create the all-different Shouxing (God of Longevity) Picture in kesi. His 1965 replication of Plum and Magpie Painting by Shen Zifan, a Song-dynasty kesi master, was designated a first-grade national cultural relic and collected by the Palace Museum. The monumental gold-ground kesi rendering of Chairman Mao's poem West River Moon: Jinggangshan, made in 1977, was collected by the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. In 2006, his gold-ground kesi Peony and Butterfly center-hall hanging was collected by the Chinese National Academy of Arts. Wang Jinshan began taking on apprentices in the 1960s; in recent years his influence has continued to expand, and he has published numerous articles.
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