Wu Mingyu
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in March 1950 in Wushan County, Chongqing. He carries the middle pole in a team of porters and answers with work songs the reports of the lead man, signalling that he has understood the condition of the road. He is thoroughly familiar with both the fast-step and the slow-step songs of the Longgupo porter work songs, and is also skilled at making the poles, carrying frames, staffs, ropes and fastenings used by porters, and knows how these carrying implements are joined together.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Banyun Work Songs (Longgupo Porter Work Songs), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He not only takes part in the labour itself but also teaches actively in training classes for the Longgupo porter work songs, and goes from village to village teaching the songs to young people, doing his utmost for their transmission and dissemination.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Banyun Work Songs Ⅱ-101
- Banyun Work Songs Ⅱ-101
Profile
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