Zhang Donghai
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1981 he became a disciple of Yuan Gesheng, a Jingjiang scripture-telling performer, in order to study the chanting and singing of Jingjiang baojuan.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of the Han ethnic group, born in December 1947, a native of Jingjiang City, Jiangsu Province. His chanting and singing is soft and fluent, his facial expression is rich, his enunciation is clear and his feeling is delicate; his emotions rise and fall with the changes of the plot, and his personal style is highly distinctive. He has often led baojuan chanting teams to take part in baojuan theoretical research and baojuan chanting activities organized by national, provincial and municipal institutions. He has completely preserved more than thirty baojuan handed down by his teachers, independently collected and collated more than twenty baojuan, and newly composed several baojuan.
Honors & Recognition
He is a representative bearer of baojuan (Jingjiang baojuan), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He transmits actively and carefully instructs his disciples; the eight disciples he now leads are all able to mount the stage independently and chant baojuan, and his transmission team has already reached a certain scale.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Hexibaojuan Ⅰ-13
- Hexibaojuan Ⅰ-13
- Baojuan Sutra Telling Ⅰ-13
- Baojuan Sutra Telling Ⅰ-13
- Baojuan Sutra Telling Ⅰ-13
- Baojuan Sutra Telling Ⅰ-13
Profile
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