Lang, born in 1892 in Jiangsu, came from a military background, though his father was also a fan of the arts and had a significant impact on Lang's own thinking.
民國前十九年生於江蘇淮陰的郎靜山，出身軍人世家，父親郎錦堂雅好文藝，對他藝術思想的形成頗具影響。