Li Mingyue's life

Li Mingyue attended a private school at the age of seven, and dropped out of school at the age of nine because of poverty. He followed his father to learn the fine work of masons. He is a little long and likes sculpture. He often borrows famous paintings from Ren Bonian and Silla Mountain people (Hua Yan) to copy them, and according to the characters, birds and animals in the paintings, he creates three-dimensional or embossed images with gray clay sculptures, which are lifelike. /kloc-at the age of 0/8, he has become an expert in painting temple murals, cutting bowls and pasting portraits of dragons and phoenixes, flowers and birds, figures and clay sculptures.

In the thirty-second year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1906), Li Mingyue successively participated in the gardening work of Ye, Zhang Wanling, Shi Gongcong and Huang Cilong in Xiamen, and was highly praised. He also went to Dongneiyan, Wanshiyan, Shi Miao Temple, Nanputuo and other temples to carve Buddha statues. He also built the Lee Ancestral Hall in Xiamen Port and the Zeng Ancestral Hall in Nan 'an successively. The roof of the ancestral temple, the dragons and phoenixes on the eaves, the beams and arches in the house, the dragon pillars and lions at the door are all made of cement. Replacing wood carving and stone carving with cement is a pioneering work of Li Mingyue. At that time, it was called the "mud champion" in southern Fujian.

Later, Li Mingyue set up cement workshops in Fuyujiao and Houjiangdai, Xiamen, and printed flower windows, railings, signboards and stigma decorations, which were used for the decoration of houses and shops, creating a precedent for prefabricated buildings.

In the summer of the 25th year of the Republic of China (1936), the then Fujian Provincial Construction Department invited Li Mingyue to Fuzhou to carve huge cement wall sculptures such as Zu Ti's "Smelling Chicken Dancing", Wang Xizhi's "Swimming" and Su Dongpo's "Night Tour in Chibi" for the provincial government and provincial society.

In the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), in May, the Japanese army occupied Xiamen, and the Li Mingyue family moved back to Zhangzhou from Xiamen. During the seven years from 1938 to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he successively made sculptures for Dongyue Temple in Zhangzhou. Draw 6 murals of "Qin Gui Going to Hell"; Carving Amitabha Buddha and Dragon Clawing Beads for Xia Feng Chongjing Hall; Sculpting Maitreya Buddha for Nanshan Temple; Carved portraits of Cai Lie and Cai Chao for the first time for Hefeng Temple in Yundongyan; Make wall carvings of "Su Wu Shepherd" and "Mulan Joining the Army" for Shima Maxia Temple; For the sculpture "Eighteen Arhats" of Changshengtang in Zhangzhou, the above sculpture has been widely praised.

In the 32nd year of the Republic of China (1943), at the invitation of Cai Zhuchan, then president of Zhangzhou Chamber of Commerce, Li Mingyue presided over the renovation of Cai Zhuchan's former residence in Sanjin. After five years, 1948 completed the transformation and reappeared the style of ancient houses in Qing Dynasty. At present, "Zhu Chan's former residence" has been listed as No.001cultural relics protection unit in Zhangzhou City.

In the thirty-eighth year of the Republic of China (1949), Zhangzhou was liberated in September 19, and Li Mingyue actively participated in the reorganization of Zhongshan Garden, and assisted in the preparation of the sixth construction company in the province. Soon, he was invited to Jimei to participate in the construction of Chen Jiageng Olympic Park, and was responsible for designing and supervising the surrounding cement relief decoration. After returning to Zhangzhou, he presided over the sculpture of the Minnan Revolutionary Martyrs Monument in Zhongshan Park. In his spare time, he used glass and porcelain to paste out two handicrafts, "Zheng Chenggong Recovered Taiwan Province Province" and "Yuejinlong", which were exhibited in Fujian Province and Beijing respectively and won the first prize.

Li Mingyue was twice elected as the representative of Zhangzhou Municipal People's Congress and the Standing Committee of Zhangzhou CPPCC. 1959 died on April 8 of the lunar calendar at the age of 75.