Wu Kaya
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1962 she was admitted to the Wanxian City Quyi Troupe and studied under the renowned folk artist Fang Bin.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in March 1950 in Wanxian, Sichuan Province (now Wanzhou District, Chongqing). She is a National Second-Class Actor. She devoted herself to studying the singing style of the renowned folk artist Yang Yuguo, and from 1962 to 2005 served as composer and accompanist for the zhuqin performer Hua Guoxiu. She has a thorough command of the traditional “nine beats and thirteen modes” of Sichuan Zhuqin and applies them aptly to the needs of different characters and different moods. Her representative works include Diao Chan Under the Moon, Zhizhen Hangs a Painting, Yuanzai Visits the Nunnery, Shilin at the Pagoda and Water Flooding Jinshan Temple. For many years she has persisted in collecting and collating traditional Sichuan Zhuqin repertoire and setting it down in notation; she was editor-in-chief of Selected Scores of Sichuan Zhuqin (Chongqing) and has trained several dozen Sichuan Zhuqin performers.
Honors & Recognition
She is a national representative bearer of Sichuan Zhuqin, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Sichuan Zhuqin Ⅴ-76
- Sichuan Zhuqin Ⅴ-76
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