Lei Tongding is the first graduate of Hunan University. He was a classmate of Liu Shaoqi and Jiang Jingguo, and studied at Moscow Oriental University in the former Soviet Union. Not famous for calligraphy.
Lei Tongding’s grandson Lei Yizhen
Lei Yizhen, male, was born in November 1953. He graduated from the Sculpture Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1982. Member of the Chinese Artists Association, vice chairman of the Hunan Artists Association, director of the Chinese Sculpture Society, member of the National Urban Sculpture Art Committee, member of the Urban Planning Expert Committee hired by the Hunan Provincial Government, relevant professional members of the Changsha Urban Planning Committee, and the national "Urban Sculpture" Design Qualification Certificate" holder.