Zhang Jiachang
Born in December 1963 in Lingbi, Anhui, he is an arts and crafts artist and the general manager of Lingbi County Xinshi Development Company. He is a member of the China Collectors Association, a member of the China Ornamental Stone Association, and the vice president of the Lingbi Stone Research Association.
The collection started in 1982. It mainly collects natural-shaped Lingbi stones. There are more than 1,000 pieces in the collection, including "Meditation", "Spring" and other fine works. It also has more than 100 pieces of celebrity calligraphy and painting, and handmade stone pots. There are more than 100 stamps of New China, which are basically complete. In 1993, he participated in the first China Stone Collection Exhibition by Celebrities, and three rare stone collections won the first prize; in 1995, he was invited to Huizhou to participate in the National Folk Collection Exhibition, and was rated as an outstanding collector in China; in 1997, he participated in the Shanghai Asia-Pacific International He won a gold medal in the Stone Exhibition; he has participated in the opening exhibitions of Nanjing Chinese Strange Stone Museum, Wuhan Chinese Strange Stone Museum, Zhengzhou Strange Stone Kingdom, etc. Articles such as "The Collection Value of Lingbi Stone" and "Lingbi and Lingbi Stone" were published in newspapers such as "Flower and Bird World News" and "Collection". Among them, the article "Characteristics of Lingbi Stone" was selected into "China's Strange Stone Bonsai Grand View" A book. "People's Daily" (overseas edition), "China Flower News", "Anhui Daily", "Huizhou Evening News" and other news media have specially introduced his collection deeds. He established his own "Fuyuan Art Museum" and the name of the museum was inscribed by Chao Wen, a master of aesthetics. The biography has been included in the "Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Collectors", "Dictionary of Celebrities in Chinese Collecting Circles", "Biography of Chinese Encyclopedia Experts", "Grand View of Root Art and Flowers of Chinese Peculiar Stone Bonsai", "Grand View of Chinese Stones" (Taiwan), etc. Lingbi County Xinshi Development Company focuses on the development of Chinese musical stone "Xin" stone, and produces various types of handmade stone pots, carved stone stationery, series of knitted stones, and large, medium and small stone tablets.