Gu Yongjun
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1962, at the Yangzhou Jade Utensil Factory, Gu Yongjun studied figure carving under Xu Rongquan; he later also learned the techniques of the master Huang Yongshun.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1942, a native of Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. He is a national representative bearer of Yangzhou Jade Carving, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts. After more than ten years of tempering himself in the carving workshop, he began to devote himself to the creation and design of jade carvings. Beginning in 1978 he studied shanzi (mountain-form) carving, from the selection of stone and conception to carving technique; he finally succeeded in reviving this art after an interruption of more than two hundred years, and developed it further on its original foundation. His works are rounded and elegant in form, ingeniously composed, and a delight to behold. His representative works include Daizu Fengshou (Harvest of the Dai People), Juzhen Tu (Gathering of Treasures), and Hanbai Tu (Ancient Cypress of Han), among others.
Honors & Recognition
For several decades he has taught apprentices without interruption, and his student Xue Chunmei has been awarded the title of Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts.
References & Archival Sources
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