Chang Zhangqin

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Female, Han ethnicity, born in December 1955 in Wei County, Hebei Province. Representative bearer of Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. She began learning cotton spinning and weaving at the age of ten and became proficient in every process and operation of the craft, acquiring a formidable command of textile skills. An expert weaver of the four-heddle (siyezeng) loom in her locality, she possesses a distinctive skill in traditional weaving, and her technique is known far and wide in the area. For many years she has persisted in transmitting and practising cotton textile skills, holding family classes in cotton spinning and weaving on numerous occasions and passing on such techniques as the traditional four-heddle weaving to a wider circle of enthusiasts. She has taken part many times in intangible cultural heritage display events, including the Wei County Pear Blossom Festival.

References & Archival Sources

1. Chang Zhangqin · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

• Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship Ⅷ-100
• Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship Ⅷ-100
• Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship Ⅷ-100
• Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship Ⅷ-100
• Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship Ⅷ-100
• Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship Ⅷ-100
• Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship Ⅷ-100
• Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship Ⅷ-100
• Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship Ⅷ-100
• Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship Ⅷ-100

Profile

Representative item

Traditional Cotton Textile Craftsmanship

Item code

Ⅷ-100

Category

Traditional Craftsmanship

Region

Wei, Hebei

Born

1955

Batch

Batch 3 (2009)