This documentary film aims to record the woodcarving life of Mr. Yeh, Ching-Yi, the winner of 2019 National Crafts Achievement Award. In the film, Mr. Yeh’s life stories, educational background, creative experiences and achievements of craft are richly included, which provide a good access for the public to know his artistic woodcarving works.
When Mr. Yeh, Ching-Yi was 15 years old, He became an apprentice of Su, Shui-Qin of Wen-Wu Temple in Kaohsiung. Mr. Yeh is very talented as well as being a quick learner since he was a child. From a scabbling master to a national treasure, there have been difficulties and glories, and there also have been giving and applauses. What Mr. Yeh, Ching-Yi has achieved is not only about the glamour manifesting our traditional craft, but also the insistence on the fundamental earnest spirit for the art and craft. For devoting almost 70 years of his life to woodcarving, he always sticks to his ground and never changes.