Du Zhibang
Lineage & School of Heritage
In childhood he heard stories from his maternal grandfather, his maternal grandmother and his father, whose themes included "karmic retribution", "accumulating virtue and doing good", and "loyalty, filial piety, righteousness and benevolence".
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1950 in Pingchang County, Sichuan Province. He is a storyteller of the folk tales of Guangyang Town. After leaving the army in 1976 he worked in Guangyang Town. He has told and collected a great number of folk tales. During the folk-literature survey of 1987 he told 516 stories, of which 308 were recorded. By 2012 he had told more than a thousand stories. His storytelling is concise in language, clear in exposition and humorous in wording, leaving his listeners convulsed with laughter and reflecting on it long afterwards. Besides persevering in telling folk tales free of charge to the public every month at the Guangyang Town folk-tale transmission base, he frequently takes part in story recitals and dissemination in the various sub-districts, townships and schools.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Guangyang Zhen Folk Tales, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He was awarded the title of First-Class Folk Storyteller of Chongqing by the Chongqing Municipal Culture Bureau.
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