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05-2018ZhuzanciFolk LiteratureDongwuzhumuqinqi, Inner MongoliaBatch 5 (2018)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Mongol ethnicity, born in January 1949 in West Ujimqin Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He is a reciter of Mongolian zhuzanci, the blessing and eulogy genre. He learned and mastered the Mongolian zhuzanci from local folk artists. The blessings he recites are vivid in language, graceful in rhythm and rich in feeling. His repertoire centres on numerous blessings and eulogies associated with the Mongolian seasonal cycle, including "Blessing of the Yurt", "Blessing of the Hearth", "Blessing for the Siting of the Yurt", "Blessing of the Summer Pasture" and "Blessing of the New Felt". To date he has recited blessings at more than a thousand traditional Mongolian weddings and house-warming celebrations, and is warmly received by the local people.

Honors & Recognition

National representative bearer of Zhuzanci, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has taken part in eulogy recitation competitions on numerous occasions and won awards, and has trained many disciples.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Deligeer · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Zhuzanci
Item code
Ⅰ-114
Category
Folk Literature
Region
Dongwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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