In 1981, a Japanese businessman brought Chang a piece of fine bamboo basketware and asked him to reproduce it. This provided the fillip that plunged Chang headlong into bamboo basketry as a full-time pursuit.
而因其精巧的手藝，一九八一年，一位日本商人拿來一件精美的竹編藝品，希望張憲平幫他複製，就此，為張憲平日後投入竹編創作打開大門。