Tang Chunfu

Tang Chunfu
汤春甫
BornSeptember 1952 (age 74)
Tiantai County, Zhejiang, China
Known forBuddhist sculpture; dry lacquer

Tang Chunfu (汤春甫; born September 1952) is a Chinese artist from Tiantai County, Zhejiang. He holds the title of China Arts and Crafts Master and was included in the fourth group of national representative bearers of intangible cultural heritage for the dry lacquer tradition of Tiantai Mountain (干漆夹苎; pinyin: gānqī jiāzhù). The craft uses lacquer and ramie cloth and is employed in Buddhist sculpture.

Biography

At the age of 12, Tang learned the dry lacquer technique for making Buddhist sculptures from Shi Guanghong, a monk and craftsman at Huading Temple on Tiantai Mountain. He later visited the Yungang Grottoes, Mogao Caves and Maijishan Grottoes to study Buddhist sculpture.

References

  1. ↑ 汤春甫 [Tang Chunfu]. China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (in Chinese). Retrieved 2026-10-21.
  2. ↑ 天台山干漆夹苎技艺 [Tiantai Mountain dry lacquer technique]. China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (in Chinese). Retrieved 2026-10-21.
  3. ↑ Chen, Hongsong (2013-10-14). 侨界工艺美术家汤春甫：50年坚持从事造像艺术 [Tang Chunfu: Fifty years of making sculpture]. Taizhou Evening News (in Chinese). Retrieved 2026-10-21 – via China News Service.