Zhao Fengling

04-1541Yangge DanceTraditional DanceZhaoyang, BeijingBatch 4 (2012)

Lineage & School of Heritage

In 1987, when the Xiaohongmen Ground Yangge Association was reorganised for the fourth time, he began performing in various places with his master, and in the course of this led the association in eight consecutive Longtan Temple Fair performances.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, of Han ethnicity, born in October 1946 in Beijing. At the age of nineteen he formally became a disciple of Lu Derui and studied the rules and conventions of the Xiaohongmen Ground Yangge Association, becoming its qianyin, the lead guide of the procession. In 1999 he formally became head of the Xiaohongmen Ground Yangge Association. In 2005 he took Dong Shugui, Zhang Shuqing and Zheng Jinli as disciples. After retiring in 2006 he devoted himself entirely to the transmission and development of ground yangge, writing out the rules and conventions of the association and compiling written records of its use of props, costumes and processional etiquette.

Honors & Recognition

National representative bearer of Yangge Dance (Xiaohongmen Ground Yangge), a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Zhao Fengling · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Yangge Dance
Item code: Ⅲ-2
Category: Traditional Dance
Region: Zhaoyang, Beijing
Born: 1946.10.02
Batch: Batch 4 (2012)

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