Han Fuling
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of fifteen he studied kite making under Hu Jingzhu of the Hu school; after decades of study and practice he developed a style of his own and is known as the inheritor of the Hu school centipede kite.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in September 1934 in Weifang City, Shandong Province. He is a national representative bearer of Kite Making Craftsmanship (Weifang Kites), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He is a kite making technician. His kites are graceful in form, bright in colour, steady in flight and rich in rustic flavour; representative works include the dragon-head centipede kite and the immortal crane with boy kite. His works have won gold medals in many kite competitions at home and abroad. His dragon-head centipede kite won the bronze prize at the First Exhibition of Works by Chinese Masters of Arts and Crafts, sponsored by the China National Arts and Crafts Association. While practising the craft of kite making, he has devoted even more effort to its transmission and now has more than twenty disciples. At the same time he works to cultivate young people's interest in kite making and has repeatedly gone to schools to teach the technique.
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