Li Shuzhen
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in October 1968 in Sanhe City, Hebei Province. Representative bearer of mounting and restoration craftsmanship (the mounting and restoration of ancient calligraphy and paintings), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. A senior technician. In 1986 she entered the Mounting and Restoration Centre of Rongbaozhai, where she received guidance from Zhang Guitong and Wang Jiarui and, influenced by her father Li Zhendong, mastered all the core techniques of mounting and restoration, excelling in particular at the restoration of calligraphy and paintings and the mounting of handscrolls and fan paintings. She has taken part in the restoration of more than one hundred ancient calligraphy and painting works, many of them severely damaged and on the verge of being lost, which were restored to their original appearance through her work. She took part in mounting the huge Chinese paintings at the Great Hall of the People and Zhongnanhai and books such as The Art of War by a Hundred Masters (Sunzi Bingfa Baijia Shu) and the Ten Bamboo Studio Letter Paper Collection (Shizhuzhai Jianpu). She emphasises the transmission of skills and has taught Wang Bin and Li Yan.
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Representative Items of This Bearer
- Mounting and Restoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-136
- Mounting and Restoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-136
- Mounting and Restoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-136
- Mounting and Restoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-136
- Mounting and Restoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-136
- Mounting and Restoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-136
- Mounting and Restoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-136
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