Chen Yiwen
Lineage & School of Heritage
He was born into a family of woodblock engravers for New Year pictures; from childhood he accompanied his grandfather Chen Fuxing and his father Chen Guoqing in cutting picture blocks for New Year picture workshops in south-western Henan and north-western Hubei.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in March 1929 in Sheqi County, Henan Province. He is thoroughly familiar with the whole New Year picture process, from tracing the model draft through carving and printing. Since the 1980s his works have been shown many times in national and provincial exhibitions and have been sent for exhibition to Australia, Russia, the Republic of Korea and other countries.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Woodblock New Year Pictures (Laohekou woodblock New Year pictures), a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1990 he received from the Ministry of Light Industry an honorary certificate for thirty years of service in the arts and crafts trade and for contributions to the cause of arts and crafts; in 2011 he received from the China Folk Literature and Art Association a special contribution award for the rescue and protection of Chinese woodblock New Year pictures; and in 2013 he was conferred the title of Master of Folk Craft Skills Transmission of Hubei Province by the Organization Department of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and the Hubei Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security.
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