有人曾统计过他的作品:吊脚楼100多座,风雨桥6座,鼓楼8座,大小凉亭20多座,风雨桥鼓楼模型2680个……2007年杨似玉被文化部以“侗族木构建筑营造技艺”确定为第一批国家级非物质文化遗产项目代表性传承人,是广西首位获得此殊荣的“非遗”大师,且年纪最轻。2012年,广西柳州市政府和柳州博物馆前往韩国首尔参展。其间,一件长2米、宽50厘米的风雨桥模型,引来很多韩国观众驻足观赏,都啧啧称叹其巧夺天工的手工技艺。 Someone once counted his works: more than 100 stilt houses, 6 wind-rain bridges, 8 towers, more than 20 pavilions and 2680 wind-rain bridge drum models ... In 2007, Yang Jiyu was named “ Building Art Creation ”“ Determined as the first successor of the national intangible cultural heritage project inheritance, is the first in Guangxi won the honor of ”non-heritage" master, and the youngest. In 2012, the Guangxi Liuzhou Municipal Government and the Liuzhou Museum visited Seoul, Korea. In the meantime, a 2 meter long and 50 centimeters wide wind-rain bridge model attracted many South Korean audiences to stop and admire, all praising their wonderful craftsmanship.