Wangdaozhang
Lineage & School of Heritage
A fourth-generation transmitter of the Dongmen Paizi Luo (label gong) troupe in the urban district of Ezhou City, he took Song Lanjie and Zhao Shaofu as his teachers in 1966 to study gong and drum techniques, and later studied qupai under Wang Kejian and Wang Zixin.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in September 1947 in Ezhou City, Hubei Province. He knows more than one hundred qupai and is proficient in the performance of all the instruments of both the civil (wen) and martial (wu) sections; he is the zhangqian (lead-stick) master of the Ezhou Paizi Luo ensemble. His wind-and-percussion playing is brisk and tightly disciplined in rhythm, varied, and melodious and flowing. He has led the troupe in several thousand folk occasions in the surrounding areas, including weddings and funerals, celebrations and religious sacrifices. His disciples are spread across urban and rural Ezhou, the urban district of Huangshi and Daye, and have become the most influential artistic core of the Ezhou Paizi Luo troupes.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Gong and Drum Art (Ezhou Paizi Luo), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
- Gong and Drum Art Ⅱ-123
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