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{{family name hatnote|[[Lan (disambiguation)|藍 (Lan)]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Lan Mu
| birth_date         = 1872
| birth_place        = [[Dabu County|Dabu]], [[Chaozhou]], [[Guangdong]], [[Qing China]]
| death_date         = 1943
| death_place        = [[Magong]], [[Penghu]], [[Taiwan, Empire of Japan]]
| occupation         = Craftsman, Architect, Printer
| years_active       =
| known_for          = Taiwan Traditional Temple Architecture
| relatives          = Lan He (Younger brother)
| module             = {{Chinese
|t = 藍木
|s = 蓝木
|p = Lán Mù
|poj = Nâ Bo̍k}}
}}
'''Lan Mu''' (1872–1943; {{zh|c=藍木|p=Lán Mù|poj=Nâ Bo̍k}}) was from [[Dabu County|Dabu]], [[Chaozhou]] of [[Guangdong Province]].<ref name="Hsu 2005">{{Cite book|title=《續修澎湖縣志．卷14．人物志》|author1-link=Hsu Hsueh-chi|last=Hsu|first=Hsueh-chi|publisher=Penghu County Government|year=2005|isbn=986001521X|location=Penghu County|pages=125–126|language=zh-tw}}</ref> He was a famous craftsman of traditional architecture in Taiwan and Penghu during 1916 to 1943.<ref name="Hsu 2005" /> According to the area of his hometown, he might be a [[Hakka]].{{cn|date=December 2022}}
== Biography ==
Lan Mu's parents died in his early years and he went to be a craftsman's apprentice to raise himself and his younger brother Lan He ({{lang|zh|藍合}}). Based on his hard work and talent, he became a wood carving master in [[Chaozhou]].<ref name="Lee 2009" />
In 1916 ([[Taishō period|Taishō]] 5th year), Lan Mu left his hometown and moved to [[Penghu]] with his brother.<ref name="Lee 2009">{{Cite book|title=《台灣古建築圖解事典》.|last=Lee|first=Chien-lang|publisher=遠流|year=2009|isbn=957324957X|location=Taipei City|pages=162|language=zh-tw}}</ref> In 1923, (Taishō 11th year), Lan Mu was assigned to be the chief architect of the [[Mazu Temple (Magong)|Penghu Mazu Temple]] restoration. At the time, he was 40 years old (as the [[East Asian age reckoning]]). Three years later, Lan Mu and other craftsmen successfully finished the repair.<ref name="Hsu 2005" />
Penghu Mazu Temple was the most important work in Lan Mu's career. In addition to Mazu Temple, Lan Mu took part in other repair works, such as [[Magong Beiji Temple|Beiji Temple]] and Beichen Temple, both located at Magong City. Beiji Temple was destroyed by the [[United States Army Air Forces]] during [[World War II]] and Beichen Temple was dismantled and rebuilt in 1981.<ref name="Hsu 2005" />
Lan Mu also had a printing factory in Penghu.<ref name="Hsu 2005" /> His descendants took it over until the present.
== Gallery ==
Lee Chien-lang ({{lang|zh|李乾朗}}), a Taiwanese traditional architecture investigator, speaks very highly of Lan Mu's works. Moreover, because Lan Mu was from [[Guangdong]], he was different from most of craftsmen in Taiwan main island who were from [[Fujian]]. His shape pattern and the decorations had a unique style; he preferred square pillars, and the carving work he did was much finer.<ref name="Lee 2009" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=《臺灣傳統建築匠藝五輯．匠師訪談專輯》|last=Lee|first=Chien-lang|publisher=燕樓古建築|year=2002|isbn=|location=Taipei City|pages=76|language=zh-tw}}</ref><gallery caption="Penghu Mazu Temple">
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[[Category:1872 births]]
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[[Category:Qing dynasty people]]
[[Category:Hakka]]
[[Category:Taiwanese carpenters]]
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[[Category:20th-century architects]]
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