On October 13, 2021, the "'Yuan's Jade' Establishment Recognition Conference and Yuan's Jade Carving Artistic Achievement National Tour Exhibition" co-sponsored by Beijing Jade Factory, a representative project protection unit of the national intangible cultural heritage representative project, and Beijing Gongmei Culture, was grandly opened in Beijing Maolong Art Building. Chang Keren, former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Liu Jiang, former minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Li Xiaojie, former vice minister of culture, director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, chairman of the China Cultural Relics Conservation Foundation and other leaders, as well as many experts and scholars in the arts and crafts industry attended the opening ceremony, and Zhang Tielin, a well-known actor and calligrapher, attended the event as a special guest.
Chinese Arts and Crafts Master Yuan Guangru's Work: "Songshi Wuzi Drama Zhong Kui"
Chinese arts and crafts master Yuan Guangru's work: "Fushou Sanduo"
Chinese arts and crafts master Yuan Guangru's works: "Hetian Jade Flower Smoke"
This exhibition will not only publicly display to the whole society the ten classic masterpieces that Mr. Yuan Guangru never showed before his death, but also exhibit the artistic masterpieces of Yuan Lin and Master Chen Jiang, the inheritors of Yuan's jade. At the opening ceremony of this exhibition, the name of "Yuan's Jade" was officially announced. It is reported that this is the first time in the history of China's 8,000-year jade culture that a jade carving art sect has been officially named after the artist's own surname.
Chang Keren, former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture
Liu Jiang, former minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Tang Kemei, chairman of the Beijing Arts and Crafts Society
Liu Jiting, former director of Beijing Jade Factory
Ma Beichen, deputy secretary general of Beijing Arts and Crafts Industry Association
Cao Jinglou, vice president of the Collection and Appraisal Committee of the Chinese Society of Cultural Relics, expert of the Expert Committee of the Chinese Society of Cultural Relics, and former director of the Cultural Protection And Technology Department of the Palace Museum
Gu Changjiang, former party secretary of the National Museum
Zhang Wei, a famous archaeologist and former deputy director of the National Museum
Zhang Shufen, an appraisal expert at the Palace Museum and a researcher at the Palace Museum
Xue Jie, senior jade appraisal expert of the Capital Museum and expert of CCTV treasure appraisal
Appreciation expert of the Art Appreciation and Evaluation Expert Committee of the Ministry of Culture; Appreciation expert of the National Cultural Market Survey and Evaluation Center (Ministry of Culture); Zhang Guoxiang
Lu Ning, director and researcher of the Cultural Relics Management Department of gongwangfu museum and executive director of Suning Museum
Chang Keren, former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Liu Jiang, member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Tang Kemei, chairman of the Beijing Arts and Crafts Society, and Li Jie, president of the Beijing Arts and Crafts Industry Association, affirmed the historical inheritance significance of the name "Yuan's Jade" in their speeches, hoping that "Yuan's Jade" can lead the contemporary jade carving art with an independent and innovative spirit, explore an artistic language that is more suitable for the spirit of contemporary China, and enable art lovers from different cultural backgrounds to understand, appreciate and collect contemporary Chinese jade carving art works.
Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts Guo Shilin
Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts Song Shiyi
Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts Zhang Zhiping
Beijing Arts and Crafts Master Wang Jian
Liu Jiting, former director of Beijing Jade Factory, Song Shiyi, Guo Shilin, Zhang Zhiping, masters of Chinese arts and crafts, and Chen Jiang, master of Arts and Crafts in Beijing, expressed their admiration for Mr. Yuan Guangru and congratulations on the naming of "Yuan's Jade", saying that this is an epoch-making historical change in the history of Chinese jade carving, which has made contemporary jade carving art have more room for development and promoted China's future jade culture to a level that has never been reached in thousands of years.
The well-known actor Zhang Tielin wrote an inscription for "Yuan's Jade" and unveiled it on stage together with Yuan Lin, the son of Yuan Guangru. It is reported that in this exhibition, not only many precious masterpieces were unveiled, but what attracted more attention was that the last work of the master before his death, "The Treasure Seal of Sanxitang", was also unveiled to meet the audience.
(Works by Chinese arts and crafts master Yuan Guangru: "Sanxitang Heirloom Treasure Seal" and "Qingyu Edition"
(Chinese arts and crafts master Yuan Guangru's work: "Sanxitang Heirloom Treasure Seal" jasper version)
(Chinese arts and crafts master Yuan Guangru's work: "Sanxitang Heirloom Treasure Seal" green and white jade version)
(Chinese arts and crafts master Yuan Guangru's work: "Sanxitang Heirloom Treasure Seal" white jade version)
(Chinese arts and crafts master Yuan Guangru's work: "Sanxitang Heirloom Treasure Seal" sheep fat white version)
The high-relief carvings such as dragon and vanoise on the three printed bodies are delicately carved and the form is natural and vivid, which is highly consistent with the original cultural relics in terms of shape and carving, showing extremely superb jade carving skills. This work is composed of a total of three treasure seals of "Sanxitang Gourd-shaped Seal" and "Sanxitang Jingjian Seal and Group Seal", which are created with the highest specifications of the national treasure level and the national ceremony level, in order to pay tribute to the artistic chapter of the life of the grandmaster Yuan Guangru, and at the same time, as the pioneering work of the "Yuan Jade" school, it is also the last work of Master Yuan Guangru before his death, which is of great significance.