Chinese name: Lin Zhiliang Nationality: China Birthplace: Tong'an, Xiamen Date of birth: 1954 Occupation: Calligrapher Main achievements: Known as "famous mainland calligrapher" by Taiwanese media Hobbies: singing, weightlifting, Sanda, making embroidered slippers, haircut, cooking

Lin Zhiliang is currently a member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, a visiting professor at the School of Art of Yanshan University, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Buddhist Calligraphy and Painting, and the honorary president of the Xiamen Fujian and Taiwan Academy of Painting and Calligraphy.

He devoted himself to calligraphy and music, and took the promotion of Buddhism as his own responsibility. He practiced it personally, was humble, and was highly praised by his colleagues.

Mr. Lin Zhiliang transforms people into characters and helps the world with charity. He has held many charity sales of calligraphy works. All proceeds from the charity sales have been donated to poor households, poor students and disaster victims in Tong'an, Qinghai, Taiwan, Ningxia and other places to help the poor and educate students. He has done many charitable deeds and made a difference.

When people cross themselves, they win the hearts of the people.

In 2002, the "Lin Zhiliang Calligraphy Concert" was held in Xiamen; in 2004, the "Lin Zhiliang Calligraphy Exhibition and Music Gala" was held in Tong'an and Quanzhou; in 2005, he went to Taiwan to hold the "Tour of Treasure Island, Lin Zhiliang Calligraphy Exhibition", which caused a stir on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

It caused a sensation. The chairman and secretary-general of Taiwan’s Kuomintang, pro-government and new parties presented more than 200 plaques and baskets to congratulate them. It was hailed by the Taiwan media as “opening a window for cross-strait calligraphy exchanges that had been closed for more than 50 years”; in 2008 at the Xiamen Culture and Art Center

He held the "Chinese Calligraphy and Traditional Culture Symposium" and Lin Zhiliang's calligraphy exhibition, created a masterpiece of the Diamond Sutra in small regular script, printed tens of thousands of pieces as gifts, and nearly a thousand people participated in the Dharma conference.

He devoted himself to building the Grand View Garden of Five Hundred Arhats, Dharma Hall, etc.

Lotus Luohan Mountain has grown in size, with eminent monks arriving in droves, faithful men and women following it, consecrations being held continuously, and its popularity growing. It has become a new important base for tourism, leisure, prayer and practice in Tong'an.

On the fourth auspicious day of the first lunar month in 2009, Jia Qinglin, Chairman of the Mongolian National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, met with him at Haiyue Villa in Xiamen. They had great exchanges and great blessings.

On August 30, 2010, Lin Zhiliang won the Master of Arts and Crafts and Elite Award favored by Chinese collectors. On September 14, 2010, Mr. Lin Zhiliang was elected as the Honorary President of the Lianhua Town Education Promotion Association. On February 24, 2011, Lin Zhiliang was recently awarded the Hong Kong Foreign Exchange Award.

The Cultural and Art Exchange Association (Arts Association) appointed him as the permanent honorary president of the association. Recently, Dr. Guo Qingzhong, the chairman of the association, went to Lin Zhiliang’s residence in Xiamen to present the honorary appointment letter in person.

President Lin Zhiliang, who is versatile and good at singing and martial arts, said that he will continue to make more contributions to cultural and artistic exchanges at home and abroad.

On November 11, 2011, Mr. Lin Zhiliang was appointed as the president of the Xiamen Tongan District Charity Association Lotus Luohanshan Veterans Assistance Foundation.