Yang Yongliang
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Male, of the Han ethnic group, born in 1962, a native of Xining, Qinghai. A national representative bearer of the Jiayazangzuzhitanjiyi, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. The Yang family's Jiaya Tibetan rug weaving technique has been handed down for more than two hundred years and has long enjoyed a high reputation in Tibetan regions. Yang-family Jiaya Tibetan rugs are woven entirely from the wool of naturally pastured Qinghai Tibetan-breed sheep; they do not fade, do not shed, and are firm, wear-resistant, moisture-proof, and heat-retaining. Yang Yongliang learned rug weaving from his family from childhood, and from the age of fifteen he was able independently to complete the entire sequence of operations, from twisting the yarn and gathering dyeing materials and dyeing the yarn to setting the warp and weaving the various patterns. In his work there is no need for drawn designs; he combines the elements as he pleases and executes the craft with consummate ease. Today he has not only mastered all the processes and pattern-making of Jiaya Tibetan rugs but has also improved upon the techniques inherited from his ancestors, making them better suited to the production of large-scale Tibetan rugs. The Yang brothers' mastery of the Tibetan-style single-flag saddle rug and the circular camel saddle blanket techniques has become a closely guarded family specialty, and Yang Yongliang's wife and daughter have inherited the Yang family's Jiaya Tibetan rug weaving craft.
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