Zhou Lanxian
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of 14 she studied Tianmen folk songs and xiaoqu (short tunes) under the folk singer Zhou Qiucheng and the blind folk singer Li Mingfa.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in November 1937, a native of Tianmen City, Hubei Province. Her voice is plain and sweet and her singing style fresh and lyrical, conveying the strongly narrative character of the local xiaoqu. She has sung nearly a hundred Tianmen folk songs. In 1963 she was transferred to the Tianmen County Rural Cultural Work Team, and she has taken part in provincial and municipal folk song festivals on many occasions.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Tianmen Folk Songs, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In recent years she has devoted herself to organizing Tianmen folk songs and to training transmitters.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Tianmen Folk Songs Ⅱ-143
Profile
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