Chen Sujing
Lineage & School of Heritage
She is the fifth-generation transmitter of the Li school of dough figurine making. In 1986 she began studying the art of dough figurine making with her father, Li Fangqing, and half a year later she took up artistic creation at the Zhengzhou International Hotel.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, of the Han ethnic group, born in August 1964 in Heze City, Shandong Province. Her craftsmanship is superb and her artistic ethics are highly esteemed. The dough figurines she models have vivid forms, carry distinctive local artistic characteristics and exert considerable influence in the locality. Her works have repeatedly been exhibited and honoured at national and provincial showcases of intangible cultural heritage projects, and her representative pieces include Journey to the West (Xi You Ji). For many years she has actively taught the craft of making Caozhou dough figurines; among her disciples are Li Bin, Wang Wei and many others, and she has also passed the craft on to all kinds of students and enthusiasts from various places who love dough figurine making.
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of dough figurine making (Caozhou dough figurines), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Dough Figurines Ⅶ-52
- Dough Figurines Ⅶ-52
- Dough Figurines Ⅶ-52
- Dough Figurines Ⅶ-52
- Dough Figurines Ⅶ-52
- Dough Figurines Ⅶ-52
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