In 2021, the output value of the city's arts and crafts industry will reach a new level, with the annual output value exceeding 135 billion yuan, an increase of 34.7 billion yuan, an increase of 14.1% over 2020. Among them, there are 417 enterprises above designated size, 26 enterprises with an output value of more than 1 billion yuan, 66 enterprises with an output value of more than 1 billion yuan, and 199 enterprises with a level of 100 million to 500 million, and Quanzhou's arts and crafts industry has shown a prosperous state of blossoming.
Among them, Quanzhou's shining group of arts and crafts masters and non-genetic inheritors have helped a lot to promote the entire industrial economy. The master is a business card of Quanzhou, the capital of China's arts and crafts; the prosperity of the industry has given the master a stronger endorsement and confidence.
In such an industrial background, the annual "Annual Top Ten Arts and Crafts Masters" list of quanzhou economic annual meeting not only has a colorful artistic background, but also has a strong spirit of the times, not only to carry forward the spirit of the master, but also to take the master as the driving force to promote the development of the industrial economy towards a higher goal. Since the launch of the "2021 Top Ten Arts and Crafts Masters" list, after preliminary screening, a total of 24 masters from all walks of life have been produced as candidates, and after careful selection by the expert jury, in the end, Huang Ziyan, Chen Yangshan, Jiang Qinglan, Lian Deli, Zheng Jianzhong, Su Qingliang, Li Youqin, Lin Tingfang, Wu Zhiyong and Zheng Jianbing have won the honor of "2021 Top Ten Arts and Crafts Masters".
It is understood that the organizer of this event, the City Association, fully mobilized the county (city, district) City Association to consult and select according to different art types. Among the masters who won the honor of "Annual Top Ten Arts and Crafts Masters", they covered folk art crafts such as puppet heads, stone carvings, wood carvings, and art ceramics. As a major art and art ceramics part, Zheng Jianzhong, Lian Deli, Wu Zhiyong and Zheng Jianbing were elected, the stone carving and shadow carving industry had three masters Li Youqin, Lin Tingfang and Jiang Qinglan, the wood carving industry had Master Chen Yangshan, the puppet head Huang Ziyan master, and the folk craft type had Master Su Qingliang.
This list also fully reflects the market share occupied by various arts and crafts in the arts and crafts industry. Dehua ceramics, Hui'an stone carving, wood carving has always been in a leading position in the industry, the widest range of employees, and the highest achievements. In recent years, the status of Dehua ceramics in the international and domestic ceramics industry has been improving, in the white porcelain sculpture technology and the promotion of e-commerce, the current Dehua ceramics industry has been at the highest level in the industry.
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Zheng Jianzhong
As one of the representatives of dehua young ceramic artists, Zheng Jianzhong is a national ceramic industry technician, a master of ceramic art in Fujian Province, a master of arts and crafts in Quanzhou City, a member of the Fujian Provincial Artists Association, and is now the artistic director of The Zhiding Ceramic Research Institute in Dehua County. Many of his works have been collected by museums at home and abroad: in 2021, his work "Wenchang Emperor Jun" was collected by the Fujian Provincial Treasures Museum; in 2020, his works "Yunshui Lotus Heart" and "Fan Yin" were collected by the Fujian-Taiwan Yuanyuan Museum in China, and his work "Buddhism on Earth" was collected by the Fujian Provincial Art Museum; in 2018, the work "Ganlu-Jing" was collected by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo Garden of the Fujian Provincial Art Museum, and the work "Izumi Furong" was collected by the Fujian Strait Folk Art Museum. The work "Jing" of the National Art Museum of China in Tibet is Zheng Jianzhong's new work last year, which breaks through the traditional style of Guanyin statues, and on the basis of combining the aesthetic elements of the times, applies the combination of virtual and real techniques to create a Guanyin statue that dances on the clouds. The dancing shape, the rhythmic life, the novelty and uniqueness, the elegance and beauty, the works give people a sense of spiritual purification.
Liendley
For more than 30 years, Lian Deli has adhered to the front-line post, practiced hard skills, innovated realistically, bravely shouldered the burden of intangible cultural heritage inheritance, adhered to the principle of "traditional porcelain carving", and explored a new way to integrate traditional skills and the characteristics of the times. During his tenure at Dehua Hengyi Art Co., Ltd. and Dehua Yingda Porcelain Art Research Institute, Lian Deli led the project research and development and product innovation, and led the team to obtain 1130 copyrights, 5 invention patents, 4 utility model invention patents, and 77 appearance patents. His works such as "Mu Guiying, the Hero of the Towel", "Pioneering Great Cause", "Development is the Last Word" and other works have won 12 national gold awards, more than 30 provincial and municipal arts and crafts awards, and more than 20 works have been permanently collected by museums at home and abroad, with the "craftsman spirit" of the new era, they continue to promote Dehua white porcelain to the whole country and the world, and set sail again.
Wu Zhiyong
Wu Zhiyong, National First Class/Ceramic Craftsman, Senior Engineer, Senior Arts and Crafts Artist, Fujian Provincial Arts and Crafts Master, Fujian Ceramic Art Master, Chinese Traditional Arts and Crafts Young Master, Quanzhou Skill Master, Fujian Provincial Sculpture Master, Fujian Provincial Staff Artist, Main Representative Inheritor of Intangible Cultural Heritage (Dehua Porcelain Firing Technique). His works have won gold, silver and bronze awards in national and provincial competitions more than 50 times. Several works are collected by the National Museum, the National Art Museum of China, and the Provincial Museum.
Zheng Jianbing
Zheng Jianbing studied under the sculptor Wang Zejian and the Chinese arts and crafts master Chen Mingliang. Artistic Director of Lingyue Art Porcelain in Dehua County, Fujian Province. Fujian Ceramic Art Master, National First-class/Senior Technician, Fujian Light Industry Eight Fujian Craftsmen, Quanzhou Arts and Crafts Masters, Fujian Ceramic Art Celebrities, National Ceramic Industry Technical Experts, Quanzhou Technical Experts, Quanzhou "May Day Labor Medal" Winners, Quanzhou Gold Medal Workers, Dehua County Skill Masters. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, Zheng Jianbing skillfully used the He Pai porcelain sculpture technique of the Ming Dynasty porcelain Saint He Chaozong to broaden the wider field of creation, creating innovative works such as Guan Gong and Buddha outside of Guanyin. His porcelain sculpture works have won the gold medal of the national exhibition competition for many times, and have been collected by the China Arts and Crafts Museum, the China Fujian-Taiwan Rim Museum, and the Fujian Provincial Art Museum.
Source: Quanzhou Net, Porcelain Dudehua