Pang Xiaobao
Lineage & School of Heritage
He is the eighteenth-generation transmitter of the Sai opera of Dongtongle village. He began learning the art at fifteen; his main roles include Zhang Fei, Qin Qiong and Zhao Gongming, and he excels at using dialectal spoken passages and rhythmic recitative to portray characters and advance the story.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Born in January 1947, he is a man of Han ethnicity from Wu'an County, Hebei Province. In the many traditional plays he performs he has taken the role of the announcing officer (baochang guan) and the leading parts, and he is also a principal organizer of Sai opera performances. He can recite the sung lyrics and spoken dialogue of Sai opera fluently, and he regularly coaches villagers in its singing and performance technique.
Honors & Recognition
He is a representative bearer of Sai opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
Profile
This static English edition is rendered at the edge for search engines, AI crawlers and readers without JavaScript. Compiled from official national representative bearer archival records, organized by topic and translated into English. 阅读中文版。