Hu Zhengren

01 · Lineage & Regional School

Hu Zhengren, Male, Han, from Dongyang, Zhejiang, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Bamboo Weaving (Ⅶ-51). The tradition is documented in Dongyang, Zhejiang. Within the regional tradition and school record of Bamboo Weaving in Dongyang, Zhejiang: Dongyang bamboo weaving products fall into two main categories: everyday utensils, which prioritize practical function, and three-dimensional display pieces and architectural decoration, which prioritize artistic appreciation. From 1958 to 1978 the Dongyang Bamboo Weaving Factory was merged into the Dongyang Woodcarving Factory; bamboo weaving and woodcarving were produced together, exchanging experience and advancing each other, and substantial development was achieved in subject matter, form, coloring, flavor, style, and other respects.

02 · Mastery & Signature Works

The bearer record for Hu Zhengren is anchored in the documented technical standards of Bamboo Weaving in Dongyang, Zhejiang. Within the documented technical tradition of Bamboo Weaving in Dongyang, Zhejiang: Bamboo-weaving handicraft production in Zhejiang is concentrated in the Dongyang and Shengzhou area, and Dongyang in particular has long enjoyed the reputations of a “home of a hundred crafts” and a “home of arts and crafts.” Dongyang bamboo weaving centers on three-dimensional weaving, combined with flat weaving techniques; the workmanship is fine, the forms lively, the colors elegant, bearing strong folk-art characteristics and fully reflecting the character of Dongyang's bamboo culture. Dongyang bamboo weaving excels at three-dimensional figures, animals, and vessels such as traditional bamboo baskets; the hand-split bamboo strips are as fine as hair and as soft as silk, and through fine weaving the works are lifelike and true to spirit. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Mainly three-dimensional weaving": Dongyang weaving is mainly three-dimensional, its hand-split splints as fine as thread and as supple as silk. "The Nine-Dragon Wall": In 1983 He Fuli led the making of a 6.19 m Nine-Dragon Wall using over 150 weaving techniques, and in 2005 restored the bamboo work of the Forbidden City's Juanqinzhai. "Side by side with Dongyang woodcarving": From 1958 to 1978 the bamboo-weaving workshop was merged with the woodcarving factory, and the two crafts cross-fertilised in subject, form and colour. "Domestic wares and architectural decoration": Its products divide into domestic wares such as baskets, chests and winnowing fans, and display or architectural pieces.

03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status

In 2025, Hu Zhengren was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Bamboo Weaving, with Dongyang, Zhejiang as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Bamboo Weaving in Dongyang, Zhejiang: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2008 (batch 2), with Dongyang, Zhejiang as its declared area, and Dongyang Gongyimeishuhangye Association as its safeguarding unit. Since the project was inscribed in the national inventory, its declared area and safeguarding unit have carried out documentation, transmission and presentation within the national safeguarding framework. Together, the inventory record and the project archive form the public documentary basis for the bearer’s transmission practice.

04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier

05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage

National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.

06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography

1. Huzhengren (Dongyang, Zhejiang) · China ICH Official Project Archive
2. Huzhengren · China ICH Official Archive