Born into a family of crafters specializing in bamboo art in Zhushan, Chi-hsian Yeh was naturally attracted to working with bamboo. He has evolved through different phases in his creativity. Such that he might better observe nature, especially lotuses, frogs and dragonflies, Yeh constructed a lotus pond in his garden to study them in his free time. Lifelike lotuses, frogs and other elements of nature are Yeh's specialty.