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Wu Lixun

05-2155Daoist MusicTraditional MusicPingyang, ZhejiangBatch 5 (2018)

Lineage & School of Heritage

Since entering the Daoist order in 1984, in order to carry on Shifang Ban (Ten Directions Boards), that is, the Shifang Yun (Ten Directions Chants) of the Daoist scores of earlier generations, he has studied the basic skills of recitation, drumming, striking, singing, ritual performance, hand gestures, spoken passages and pacing the stars with his masters, and performs in accordance with traditional practice.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in May 1969, a native of Pingyang County, Zhejiang Province. Since becoming abbot in 1990 he has attached greater importance to transmitting Dongyue Temple Daoist music, including Shifang Ban. In order to raise the musical level of young Daoist priests, he held a Daoist music training class in 2012. In 2014 he established the Dongyue Temple Daoist Music Transmission Base, set up a Daoist music exhibition room, and specially formed a Dongyue Temple Daoist music performance team that holds regular practice sessions to improve its performance skills.

Honors & Recognition

National representative bearer of Daoist Music (Dongyue Temple Daoist Music), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Wu Lixun · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Daoist Music
Item code
Ⅱ-139
Category
Traditional Music
Region
Pingyang, Zhejiang
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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