Li Han-Ching

TAIWAN, Tainan

Li Han-Ching was a painter who began to create murals in temples at the age of 11 and started learning under Pan Chun-Yuan at age 14. Early in his career, he was engaged in glass color painting and created painted signboards of landscapes or flowers and birds. He often worked with Pan Li-Shui, who encouraged his creativity when they worked on the painting of Bodhidharma in the Great Hero Hall of Daxian Temple in Tainan.
Li was presented the award for Traditional Color Painting at the 10th Folk Art Heritage Awards, organized by the Ministry of Education in 1994. During his old age, he adopted a variety of methods, and was not limited to the style of traditional painting, but rather aimed to illustrate his own spiritual world.
For over 50 years, between 1950 and 2001, Li produced paintings that decorate the walls of over 100 temples and residences in central and southern Taiwan. His most notable works can be found at Ciji Temple in Tainan, Daxian Temple in Tainan, Tianlong Temple in Chiayi, Xuanlong Temple in Chiayi, and Matsu Temple in Taichung, among several others. In addition, Li’s paintings have been collected and published in books such as Li Han-Ching’s Colorful World, Li Han-Ching and His Traditional Paintings, and Collection of Li Han-Ching’s Paintings.