Huang Min
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in August 1968 in Chongqing. In 1988 and 1992 she studied successively under the Chinese masters of arts and crafts Peng Yongxing and Hao Shuping, mastering all the stitches and becoming especially skilled in the yijinwen (brocade-pattern) stitch and in single- and double-sided embroidery; she also created single-sided and double-sided embroidery on xiabu (grass cloth). Her Shu embroidery worked on the antique-toned, coarsely textured xiabu, and the pieces she produces, are distinguished by delicate stitching and elegant color. Her works have been shown and have won awards at numerous domestic and international exhibitions and exchange events; representative pieces include the double-sided embroidery Mu Dan Li Yu (Peonies and Carp) and the double-sided xiabu embroidery Hu Shan Yi Lan Tu (A View of Lakes and Mountains). To transmit and promote Shu embroidery she is wholeheartedly devoted to teaching apprentices. In 2015 she was awarded the title of Master of Arts and Crafts of Chongqing, and in 2017 she was selected by the Chongqing Municipal Cultural Committee as one of the first ten outstanding intangible cultural heritage handicraft bearers of Chongqing.
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Shu embroidery, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Sichuan Embroidery Ⅶ-21
- Sichuan Embroidery Ⅶ-21
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