Jiayanglezhu

01 · Lineage & Regional School

From childhood he studied reading and writing in Tibetan at a monastery and learned shaming (phonology and chant), yinming (Buddhist logic) and bore (the Perfection of Wisdom) under his scripture masters, receiving instruction from a number of eminent monks. Within the regional tradition and school record of Buddhist Music in Rangtang, Sichuan: The transmission of Jonang Sanskrit music relies on the monastic communities of the monasteries: novice musicians learn from childhood with their masters the chanting, the blowing and percussion and the hand seals, and master the complete suite of Sanskrit music step by step according to the order of the rituals; because the “yang-yi” notation preserves only the linear shapes, the detailed treatment of many pieces still depends on oral transmission from teacher to disciple, and once the line of transmission is broken it is difficult to restore. The Jonang school is one of the earlier schools formed within Tibetan Buddhism. Its Sanskrit music has long been current around Rangtang, transmitted together with the rituals of the monasteries, where the five parts — welcoming, bathing, taking refuge, praise and harmonizing music — are linked into a suite with a plot; it has been practised as a living tradition in the snowy Tibetan region for more than a thousand years.

02 · Mastery & Signature Works

Male, of Tibetan ethnicity, born in June 1974 in Rangtang County, Sichuan Province. He inherited more than three hundred scores of traditional Jonang Buddhist chant and, through systematic study, gained a comprehensive command of the performance techniques of Buddhist music (Jonang fanbai). He fulfils his duty to transmit the tradition, consistently takes disciples and teaches them the art, and passes on Jonang Buddhist chant. He has toured major cities and universities across the country with performances that won unanimous praise from scholars, specialists, and university teachers and students. Within the documented technical tradition of Buddhist Music in Rangtang, Sichuan: Jonang Sanskrit music melts many forms into one — blowing instruments, percussion, music and dance, praise verses, chanting, hand seals and offerings — and is composed of content in five aspects, welcoming, bathing, taking refuge, praise and harmonizing music, forming a suite of Sanskrit music with a certain dramatic plot. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Welcoming": One of the five component parts of Jonang Sanskrit music. "Bathing": One of the five component parts of Jonang Sanskrit music. "Taking refuge": One of the five component parts of Jonang Sanskrit music. "Praise": One of the five component parts of Jonang Sanskrit music.

03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status

National representative bearer of Jonang Fanbai, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier

05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage

National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.

06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography

1. Jiayanglezhu · National Representative Bearer Archive