Xue Fuxin
Lineage & School of Heritage
From 1945 to 1950, Xue Fuxin studied the tilework, clay sculpture, and brick carving techniques of traditional architecture, which had been passed down in his family, under his eldest brother Xue Hongxing, an artisan of the Xiangshan school of traditional architecture.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of the Han ethnic group, born in 1928, a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu. A national representative bearer of the Xiangshanbangchuantongjianzhu Building Craftsmanship, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Xue Fuxin has worked in classical garden craftsmanship for more than sixty years; he is especially accomplished in the brick carving and clay sculpture techniques of the Xiangshan school tradition, and has also mastered the remarkable feat of drawing dragons with both hands at once. He is not only proficient in every kind of carving technique but has also mastered a wide range of carving subjects, and he is able to carve on jinzhuan (grey brick) patterns that are graceful and fresh, fine and vivid. His works can be found in many of Suzhou's classical gardens, including such celebrated pieces as the Zaoyao Gaoxiang brick-carved gate tower of the Master of the Nets Garden and the standing qilin clay sculpture of the Yuanxiang Hall of the Humble Administrator's Garden. As early as the 1990s, Xue Fuxin was invited to Japan to direct the design and construction of the Minato Park project in Nagasaki, Japan. While passing his skills on to members of his family, he has also trained a group of technical personnel in traditional architecture.
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