Yao Yanan's calligraphers are valuable for collection. Yao Yan 'an is a young calligrapher, a member of Chinese Calligraphers Association, National Young Calligraphers Association, China Bangshu Calligraphers Association, a calligrapher of image characters, a member of Gansu Youth Calligraphers Association, a first-class calligrapher and an academician of Beijing Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting Institute. His works have been exhibited in many national calligraphy competitions and won prizes, and some of them have been collected by friends, collectors, painting and calligraphy institutes and other institutions at home and abroad.