Kecuiling
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, of the Yugur ethnic group, born in January 1962 in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Gansu Province. From childhood she learned the traditional wool-woven costume craft from her mother, Li Guihua, and her elder sister, Ke Yuling, including the making of heshan (woollen coats), woollen quilts, leather garments and leather boots, and she can apply traditional cutting and sewing methods with skill. From the age of fourteen she travelled about collecting her people's costume accessories, embroidery and household items, and continued to learn various crafts from members of her ethnic group. She can expertly make the costumes and household items of the various tribes. Beyond making clothes, she has identified, collated and collected full sets of costume patterns from four tribes, studying and organizing their common features and differences in terms of historical origins, manufacturing techniques, pattern art and the reasons for their formation.
Honors & Recognition
She is a national representative bearer of Yugur Costume, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Between 1996 and 2007 her works were shown at exhibitions of various kinds and won numerous awards.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Yugur Costume Ⅹ-114
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