Hu Xiaohua
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of six he heard his father tell the legend of Hu Yiyang, and every New Year and festival he would accompany his father to the Hu Yiyang ancestral hall to make obeisance and listen to the legend.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in February 1961 in Qingdao City, Shandong Province. He is a narrator of the legend of Hu Yiyang. As an adult he has continually collected and arranged material relating to the legend of Hu Yiyang, and has published research findings including The Legend of Hu Yiyang. Building on the research of his predecessors, he classifies the Hu Yiyang legends into five categories: fourteen pieces on local scenery and customs, six on animals and plants, three on folk custom, fifty-two on myth and twenty-nine on everyday life; he has also recorded the differences in plot among the various versions. He combines the Hu Yiyang legends with local opera forms such as Liuqiang, and has written and staged Liuqiang plays including Hu Ying Searches for His Father and Hu Yiyang Pursues His Studies. He perseveres in the activity "The Hu Yiyang Legend Enters the Classroom", vigorously telling the legend.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of the Legend of Huyiyang, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Huyiyang Legend Ⅰ-133
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