A work of Liuli. Photo provided to China Daily

I've been their friend for some 20 years since they gave first exhibition in Shanghai. Why so long? It is because of their passion and commitment to inherit and promote Chinese cultural legacy. It is never easy for a person to succeed in one career, let alone reach peaks in two different industries.

Tang Sifu, journalist, actress and now director of Shanghai Liuli Museum.

They've spent great effort turning glass craftsmanship into high art. What they do is not only reviving a lost technique in China but promoting Chinese culture and art to today's world.

Fan Di'an, director of National Art Museum of China.

Yang made the mural Guanyin of Thousand Arms and Eyes alive in liuli. Dunhuang has 492 grottoes and Yang creates the 493rd grotto.

Fan Jinshi, director of Dunhuang Academy China.

Loretta Yang has combined the language of glass art with her personal experiences to create a distinctly Oriental perspective. This represents the exceptional combination between artistic creation and true life.

Andrew Brewerton, principal of Plymouth Fine Arts College, jury chair for the inaugural British Biennale Glass Exhibition.

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