Chen Zaibi
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in April 1947 in Chongqing. In 1958 she was admitted to the Chongqing Quyi Troupe and studied the playing and singing of Sichuan Yangqin under Li Deyuan. Her timbre is deep and expansive; she specializes in male vocal styles and can also sing female ones, and her principal works include Da Kai Men (Grand Opening), Xiao Kai Men (Small Opening) and Jiang Jun Ling (Song of the General). While performing Sichuan Yangqin she began to try her hand at composition, and her works have won provincial and ministerial awards on several occasions. Her representative works include Visiting Relatives, Mother and Daughter and Through the Kuimen Gorge.
Honors & Recognition
She is a national representative bearer of Sichuan Yangqin, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Among her works, Visiting Relatives won second prize for composition at the 1982 national quyi festival for the southern region held by the Ministry of Culture.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Sichuan Yangqin Ⅴ-75
- Sichuan Yangqin Ⅴ-75
- Sichuan Yangqin Ⅴ-75
- Sichuan Yangqin Ⅴ-75
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