Sze Sang Lee (president of China Zen Art Academy)

Sze Sang Lee

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Sze Sang Lee(1964-2017), another name Zhi-Long Li(李智隆), whose stage name is Ben Tu and Lao Chan. He is a Hong Kong Zen painter, former president of the China Zen Art Academy and World Zen Art Center Consultant Served.
He is a disciple of Guo Chang(果常禪師,筆名笨禪), a famous Zen painter, master in Hong Kong. Born in Fujian Province in August 1964. When he was a teenager, he moved to Hong Kong with his father. 1987 follow the monk painter Guo Chang Zen Master devote themselves to meditation and learning to draw, drew much master teach Dharma Huigen deep. His landscape painting’s mood distant and quiet. In January 2008, the country to promote the traditional culture development project launching ceremony held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, under the leadership of President Sze Sang Lee, the China Zen Art Academy won the “National Contribution Award promote the development of traditional culture works”. January 2011, the president Sze Sang Lee went to the Beijing National Convention Center to participate the 2010 Most Influential People Awards Ceremony. In the General Assembly was named the most influential people in 2010 honorary title. The president Sze Sang Lee died of multiple organ failure caused by vocal cord cancer on the afternoon of December 27, 2017.

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