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Zhang Shushe

05-2135Gong and Drum ArtTraditional MusicZhengding, HebeiBatch 5 (2018)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Zhang Shushe, male, Han, was born in August 1954 and is a native of Zhengding County, Hebei Province. He came from a family of war-drum players. Surrounded by the art from childhood, he developed a strong interest in Changshan war drums at a very early age and began to learn drumming at the age of ten. In adulthood, through continuous study and practice, he mastered various drumming methods, absorbed the techniques of many drumming and mallet styles, and developed and innovated them into a relatively systematic set of Changshan war-drum methods.

Honors & Recognition

National representative bearer of Gong and Drum Art (Changshan War Drums), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has led teams in events including the opening ceremony of the 11th Asian Games in Beijing and the Beijing Olympic torch relay, and has taken part in competitions many times and won awards.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Zhang Shushe · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Gong and Drum Art
Item code
Ⅱ-123
Category
Traditional Music
Region
Zhengding, Hebei
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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