Xia Xiangping was born on November 7, 193 in Xiangtan, Hunan. He has served as a member of the Art Troupe, a propaganda cadre, a literary and art instructor, the head of the Art Group of the Political Department of Guangzhou Military Region, and in 1976, he was transferred to the General Political Department and the Ministry of Culture to be responsible for the leadership and organization of art and calligraphy in the whole army. He used to be the first, second and third executive director of China Calligraphers Association and the creative evaluation member of China Calligraphers Association. The third executive director of China Artists Association, the judge of the national art exhibition, and the vice president of China People's Liberation Army Calligraphy Creation Institute.