Wei Xiande
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
From 1985 to the present, 1,320 folk stories have been recorded from him. The Zoumazhen folk tales he tells contain content of a purely local character while also bearing the distinctive flavor of the towns of eastern Sichuan, skillfully blending outside culture with native culture. In 1989, the Collected Folk Tales of Wei Xiande was published by the Chongqing Publishing House.
Honors & Recognition
Male, of the Han ethnic group, born in 1923 and deceased in 2009, a native of Chongqing. A national representative bearer of the Zoumazhen Folk Tales, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1998, he was awarded the title of "One of China's Ten Great Folk-Tale Tellers."
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Zoumazhen Folk Tales Ⅰ-17
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