Wudefen

05-2123Tibetan Folk SongsTraditional MusicMianning, SichuanBatch 5 (2018)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Wudefen, female, Tibetan, was born in June 1966 and is a native of Mianning County, Sichuan Province. From childhood she learned Tibetan mountain songs from the elders of her family and mastered a large number of traditional pieces together with a plain and natural singing technique. Her representative works include Gan Ma Diao (The Horse-Driving Tune), Yige Wa and Maoniu Shan Shang Wang Beijing (Gazing at Beijing from the Yak Mountain).

Honors & Recognition

National representative bearer of the Tibetan Gan Ma Diao (Horse-Driving Tune), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. She has taken part in numerous performances and exhibitions and has won awards. In 2010 she performed in the China Central Television "Passion Square" programme on its visit to Mianning and recorded an episode of CCTV's Xiangtu (Native Land) programme. She has long devoted herself to the performance of the Tibetan horse-driving tune, to the collection of materials and to the training of successors. In 2015 she taught in the training course for bearers of the Tibetan horse-driving tune held by the Mianning County Cultural Centre.

References & Archival Sources

Wudefen · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Tibetan Folk Songs
Item code: Ⅱ-115
Category: Traditional Music
Region: Mianning, Sichuan
Born: —
Batch: Batch 5 (2018)

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