Wen Yansen
Lineage & School of Heritage
He was deeply interested in the southern lion dance and in martial arts from childhood, and in 1947 he took Jiao Xian, a transmitter of the seven-star lion, as his master. He trained assiduously under Master Jiao Xian for several decades, mastering the various routines and movements of the seven-star lion dance and becoming thoroughly familiar with the accompanying drum music and the use of the gong, drum, cymbal and other instruments.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in January 1941, a native of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. In 2006, when the subdistrict established a lion dance training society, he recruited new pupils locally in Songgang to teach the seven-star lion art, took an active part in lion dance events and performances, and taught numerous apprentices in Hong Kong and other regions as well as in Britain and the Netherlands, so that the seven-star lion dance has been better transmitted and developed.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Lion Dance (Songgang Seven-Star Lion Dance), a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
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