Wu Yulin
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
A man of Hui ethnicity, he was born in June 1963 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. He is a national representative bearer of traditional garden-making techniques (Yangzhou garden construction techniques), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He is a technician of Yangzhou garden construction. He selects materials with care and works with fine craftsmanship, pursuing not only the overall effect but also the most meticulous carving in the smallest details. He integrates function, structure and art into a single whole, bringing culture, art and technique into harmonious unity. In his garden-making practice he has introduced the creative ideas of the Yangzhou school of bonsai, using such devices as planting trees with posture and setting stones to form scenes to express the marked character of a garden conceived as a great bonsai; he has absorbed the style of the Yangzhou school of painting, drawing on ordinary materials to express lofty aims, varying his techniques without falling into convention, expressing himself with verve and giving voice to the spirit; and he pursues refinement and elegance and the qualities of poetry and painting, embodying natural scenery and the unity of heaven and humanity. He attends to depth of conception, so that his work appeals to both refined and popular taste. Projects he has directed include the Yangzhou Ancient Canal scenic belt, the Huajuli project, and the Chinese Tang Garden project in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Representative Items of This Bearer
- Chuantongzaoyuanjiyi Ⅷ-238
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