Xing Chunrong
Lineage & School of Heritage
Xing Chunrong studied under the twenty-sixth-generation members of the Cao clan, learning and mastering the various techniques of Xuan paper production.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
A man of Han ethnicity, he was born in 1954 in Jing County, Anhui. A national representative bearer of Traditional Handicraft of Making Xuan Paper, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. The Cao clan of Xiaoling in Jing County is the principal transmitter of the Xuan paper production craft. Sheet drying is an indispensable stage in the handmade production of Xuan paper and is still practiced today; drying the sheets requires the delicate touch of embroidery and robust physical strength. He has actively advocated and practiced the traditional ancient methods of Xuan paper production; while working as an operator he personally trained more than twenty apprentices in sheet drying, and now, in the capacity of a technical leader, he vigorously promotes the training of successors in the traditional production techniques of Xuan paper. He took part in the production of commemorative Xuan paper for the return of Hong Kong, the return of Macao and the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China; the Millennium Xuan paper collectively developed with his participation was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2000 as the largest handmade paper, and was collected by the Palace Museum.
Honors & Recognition
The Red Star brand four-chi single sheets of jingpi (pure-bark) Xuan paper that he dried won the National Gold Medal for Quality three times, in 1979, 1984 and 1989.
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