標籤: Guanmiao

Weng Ming-hui, a bamboo craft master from Guanmiao District, Tainan City, was born in Dongshi Village, Guanmiao District in 1935. Of Southern Min descent and well-versed in bamboo weaving techniques, he is renowned for weaving bamboo shields. In terms of bamboo selection, he prefers thorny bamboo as his creative material, and he is one of the few early Taiwanese bamboo craft masters who integrated materials such as bamboo, rattan, and cowhide in his creations.

Lu Ching-chih, a bamboo craft artist from Guanhua District, Tainan City, was born in Guanhua District, Tainan City, in 1945 and is of Hokkien descent. She established "Guangyi Handicrafts" and "Jingshan Enterprise Co., Ltd.," which were important to Tainan's bamboo industry, and sold bamboo handicrafts such as fish traps and dustpans to the United States and Japan. After the decline of the bamboo industry, she dedicated herself to touring numerous bamboo craft study workshops throughout Taiwan. She is a Tainan City-designated preserver of the traditional art of bamboo weaving.