The scene of the receiving ceremony Wang Chaoyang photographed
Beijing, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Yang Rui, a master of arts and crafts, held an apprenticeship ceremony in Beijing on the 8th, and 16 disciples performed the worship ceremony, presented the master's post, and worshiped the master's tea.
Born in Beijing in 1954, Yang Rui graduated from tsinghua University's Master of Arts and Crafts Seminar, and is now a master of arts and crafts in Beijing, a national senior technician, a technical consultant of the treasure reproduction engineering and technical consultant of the Palace Museum, and an expert of the expert review committee of the first "Great Craftsman" Challenge of the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions. Beijing Craftsman. In 2019, he was elected as one of the national standard setters for gold and silver jewelry in the People's Republic of China.
Beijing Arts and Crafts Master Yang Rui Wang Chaoyang
He entered the Beijing Filigree Inlay Factory in 1970, mainly engaged in metal engraving skills, has studied with more than 20 famous teachers in the industry, mainly inherited the strengths of Wu Zhenying, Li Huanwu, Zong Lihua, Wang Shuitian and other masters, comprehensively studied and inherited various processes of filigree inlay, and has been in the art for more than 50 years, and has always concentrated on the art design, creation, teaching and theoretical research of metal engraving. His independent design and development of graphic metal engraving tools - "Jindi engraving tools", won two national invention patents, and he himself was known as "the first person to obtain an invention patent in the arts and crafts industry after the reform and opening up". He blended the delicacy of the traditional Chinese royal court metal engraving technique with the charm of the large-scale freehand in Chinese paintings, forming a personal style of "Yang's engraving".
Yang Rui's works: Filigree Phoenix Peony Palace Fan Courtesy of Yang Rui Studio
Yang Rui presented gifts to each disciple, issued certificates, and encouraged the disciples to cultivate morality, be humble and respectful, study and practice diligently, keep pace with the times, inherit and develop traditional arts and crafts skills, and constantly keep up with the right and innovate and bravely climb the peak.
Meng Hong, president of the Beijing Tongzhou District Arts and Crafts Industry Association, spoke on behalf of the guests, hoping that the apprentices would keep in mind the master's earnest teachings, surround themselves around the master, pass on the virtues and teach the arts, work hard, and jointly contribute to the development of China's industrial and artistic undertakings. (End)
Source: China News Network