He feels fortunate to have had the chance to make facsimiles of original masterpieces housed in the Palace Museum for four years after he entered the workshop.
Speaking of the skills needed for the job, he says: "You need to be diligent.
"That is all needed to take this job, and all the rest can be nurtured."
However, he says many young people try it out and leave.
"So, even though the country advocates developing the 'spirit of a craftsman', we have to understand that 'to love it' is the perquisite.
"If you don't like what you do and consider it only as a job, you won't have the patience."
Woodblock printing by Rongbaozhai was among the first to be picked as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006.
Earlier this month, during a UNESCO training program in Shenzhen, in Guangdong province, the Rongbaozhai techniques were chosen as an example of sustainable development of intangible cultural heritage.
Meanwhile, Zhao Huiping, 54, who has also been with Rongbaozhai for more than 30 years, is in charge of the final printing process. She sees the work as being in high demand these days.
