What is Hou Yimin?
{{Infobox person | name = Hou Yimin | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1930}} | birth_place = [[Gaoyang County]], China | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|1|1|1930|||df=y}} | death_place = [[Beijing]], China | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Chinese | occupation = painter, sculptor | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} [[File:Great Wall Of Blood And Flesh art wall in Jiandemen Station (20180329180350).jpg|thumb|One of his artworks at [[Jiandemen station]]]] '''Hou Yimin''' (1930 – 1 January 2023) was a Chinese oil painter, sculptor and art educator. He was honorary president of {{ill|China Mural Society|zh|中国壁画学会}}. He served for many years a member of the [[China Artists Association]]. He was the deputy director of the Oil Painting Department of the [[Central Academy of Fine Arts]], the director of the Mural Painting Department, and the first deputy dean. He was contributor in the design of the [[Third series of the renminbi]], and [[Fourth series of the renminbi]] banknotes. His wife [[Deng Shu]] who was director of the Oil Painting Department of the [[Central Academy of Fine Arts]] also contributed as an oil painter to the disign of the [[RMB]].<ref name=ref5>[https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/23/1/21/n13912150.htm/amp 中央美術學院教授夫婦去世 均參與設計人民幣], Epoch Times</ref> He was also contributor in the creation of gardens including the [[Splendid China Folk Village]].<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2 /> Notable works are his political propaganda posters {{ill|The great proletarian Cultural Revolution|wikidata|Q106122200}} and {{ill|The great proletarian Cultural Revolution|wikidata|Q106122200}}.<ref name=ref3 /> In 2013, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2nd {{ill|China Art Award|zh|中国美术奖}}.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=http://art.people.com.cn/GB/198907/363770/396368/index.html|title=侯一民|work=art.people.com.cn|date=12 April 2019|access-date=3 January 2023|language=zh|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412175750/http://art.