Li Maozheng
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in May 1950 in Qingyang City, Gansu Province. He is a national representative bearer of Cave-dwelling Building Craftsmanship, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He is a cave-dwelling construction technician. In 1969 he began learning to dig and cut cave dwellings from his elder cousins Li Maogang and Li Maonai. In 1971 he travelled to Chunhua County, Huachi County and other places in Shaanxi Province to build cave dwellings, and mastered the techniques of vaulting caves with stone and with adobe. Since 1995 he has taken four apprentices: Li Zhenguo, Jiang Yafeng, Li Junhai and Li Xingyong. Over several years of leading apprentices in digging, turning and vaulting caves, he has become highly skilled in cave construction and understands the survey techniques applied to different types of cave. He excels at the standard building operations of earth extraction, face cutting, digging, turning, vaulting and shoulder binding, as well as interior works such as building heated brick beds, constructing cooking stoves and clearing chimneys.
Honors & Recognition
After 2010, owing to his advanced age, he has concentrated on assessing soil conditions, designing forms and instructing his apprentices, and on exploring techniques for facing cliff walls with red brick and for vaulting caves with brick.
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