Yang Yurong
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in January 1945 in Wenchang, Hainan Province. A senior arts and crafts artist and a Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts. In 1962 she entered the Foshan Folk Art Research Institute as an apprentice, learning lantern-making under the guidance of Wu Qiu, a Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts, and Deng Hui, national representative bearer of lantern art, an intangible cultural heritage project. She began designing and making lantern products in 1992. After being appointed deputy director of the Foshan Folk Art Research Institute, she was chiefly responsible for organising and planning domestic and overseas exhibitions and performances of Foshan coloured lanterns, while also taking part in their design and production. Her principal works include Qilin Xian Rui (The Qilin Brings Auspiciousness), Hua Hao Yue Yuan (Blooming Flowers and a Full Moon), Shuang Long Xi Zhu (Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl), Ji Xiang Ao Yu (The Auspicious Ao Fish), Ming Cheng Mei Jing (Scenic Views of a Famous City), Fei Long Teng Da (The Soaring Dragon), Li Yue Xiang Jiang (Carp Leaping in the Xiang River) and Qian Xi Teng Long Wu Zhu Jiang (A Thousand Dragons Dancing on the Pearl River at the Millennium). After retirement she was engaged by the Foshan Boyi Lantern Craft Factory to continue making and designing coloured lanterns, and she has taken on several apprentices.
Honors & Recognition
She is a national representative bearer of lantern art (Foshan coloured lanterns), a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
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- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
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- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
- Lantern Art Ⅶ-50
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