Ms. Xing Lian (1929), of Manzu ehtnicity, was born in Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang Province. She graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1960. After graduation, she taught in the Art Department of the Minzu University of China, and later transferred to the Graduate School of the Minzu University of China to teach courses on primitive art. She has inspected primitive art sites in more than ten countries in Europe, Asia and Australia, and has published a variety of works at home and abroad. Also good at oil painting, she has authored and co-authored original art.