Chen Yunhua
Lineage & School of Heritage
From the age of five he learned bamboo weaving from his grandfather Chen Hongshun, and he has worked at bamboo weaving and its transmission for decades.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in November 1948 in Qingshen County, Sichuan Province. His bamboo weaving centres on flat-woven reproductions of celebrated calligraphy and painting; he can weave the works of Su Dongpo, Zheng Banqiao, Xu Beihong and other famous figures from bamboo threads as thin as cicada wings and as fine as hairs into bamboo-woven artworks that come close to the spirit of the originals. His representative works include Qingming Shanghe Tu (Along the River During the Qingming Festival), Yinxing Guanyin (The Invisible Guanyin) and Ku Le Qingliang (Bitter Joy, Cool Serenity).
Honors & Recognition
He is a representative bearer of Bamboo Weaving (Qingshen Bamboo Weaving), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Since 1984 he has trained more than ten thousand bamboo-weaving technicians within and beyond Sichuan, extending Qingshen bamboo weaving from family transmission to transmission in society at large.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Shengzhou Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
- Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
- Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
- Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
- Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
- Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
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- Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
- Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
- Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
- Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
- Bamboo Weaving Ⅶ-51
Profile
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