Cao Guihua
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Cao Guihua, male, Han, was born in September 1967 and is a native of Tianjin. He began learning the art of the Xiangta Music Fagu Society in 1983. At the same time, over many years he actively visited veteran artists of the old Xiangta society and collected various physical materials, and he recorded the history, scores and other information about Xiangta music fagu recounted by those artists, forming written materials so that the art could be effectively protected and transmitted.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Jinmen Fagu (Xiangta Music Fagu), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1992 he formally took Xue Guilin, the ninth-generation bearer, as his teacher and became his last disciple. He is devoted to the art of Xiangta music fagu. Over the years he has actively organised members to take part in various performances and exhibitions, earnestly fulfilled the responsibilities and obligations of a bearer, and worked hard at transmitting, helping and guiding successors.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Jinmenfagu Ⅱ-122
- Jinmenfagu Ⅱ-122
- Jinmenfagu Ⅱ-122
- Jinmenfagu Ⅱ-122
Profile
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