Career
He was known as "Master Chuang" within the carpentry community in Taiwan. Yeh specialized in large traditional wooden architectural structures, including temples and other buildings. His notable works included the Long Men Kuanyin Temple and the Wang An Wu Fu Temple, both located in the Penghu Islands.
In 2010, the government of Penghu County certified Yeh as a preservationist of traditional timber framing techniques.
He was scheduled to be named as a candidate for "Living National Treasure" of Taiwan on July 22, 2014, at the time of his death. Yeh Ken-chuang died in the TransAsia Airways Flight 222 plane crash at Magong Airport on July 23, 2014.
He was 82 years old. President Ma Ying-jeou announced that the Bureau of Cultural Heritage would preserve Yeh"s records and documents on his timber framing techniques.
