Ren Lianyi
Lineage & School of Heritage
From the age of ten he studied the art under his father, Ren Qiwen, and his uncle, Ren Qirui.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in November 1962 in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. After graduating from junior middle school he entered the profession of folk artist with the Ren family guchui band, working mainly in Qinhuangdao City and throughout the three northeastern provinces. His suona playing absorbs the strengths of various schools and has formed a distinctive style that is highly regarded among fellow musicians. In technique he has not only mastered the skills transmitted within his own family school but also readily learned from peers in other provinces and cities, and he can play more than two hundred traditional suona pieces. His representative works include yangge pieces such as Man Tang Hong (All Red), Ju Ju Shuang (Couplet Upon Couplet) and Liu Qing Niang (Willow Green Maiden), hanchui pieces such as Lao Sheng Diao Zi (Old Tune) and Yu Fu Rong (Jade Hibiscus), and da paizi qu such as Si Lai (Four Comings), Yan Luo (The Wild Goose Alights) and Nezha Ling (Nezha's Command).
Honors & Recognition
Representative bearer of Hebei Wind and Percussion Music, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 2006 he was awarded the title "National King of Wind Music".
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