Ma Jianchang
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1974 he followed his father, Ma Moyi, in a systematic study of the Hani haba, and later took the mobi (ritual specialist) Li Yanbo as his teacher to learn the singing of the Hani haba. In 1977, after his father and his teacher died in quick succession, he took up the burden of transmitting the Hani haba and accepted as disciples Ma Zhengchang, Ma Tongre, Ma Jiahe, Ma Zhengjia, Lu Zhengchang, Ma Gazhu, Ma Yousheng, Pu Xueming, Ma Haiyun and Ma Hasheng.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Hani ethnicity, born in April 1955, a native of Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province. A singer of the Hani haba. The Hani haba is an encyclopedia transmitted orally that guides the farming production and daily life of the Hani rice terraces; it has no written records or documentary materials of any kind. He not only sings the Hani haba but is also proficient in playing the bawu (free-reed pipe) and the six-stringed instrument, and is much admired by the local people. He takes an active part in transmission activities of all kinds, has appeared in the live-action performance Yuanyang Rice Terraces, and has on many occasions been interviewed by news media at various levels, making his own contribution to the transmission of the Hani haba.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of the Hanihaba, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Hanihaba Ⅰ-66
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