He Linyi
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Naxi ethnicity, born in July 1967 in Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province. Born into a family that has transmitted Baisha Xile for generations, he has a deep understanding of the historical origins, content, musical style, aesthetic conception and performance techniques of the Xile suite, and has thoroughly mastered them. He can accurately remember and command a great many of the techniques, skills and details of the orally transmitted score of Baisha Xile. He not only plays the flute with skill, leading the whole piece, but can also play other instruments used in Baisha Xile, such as the sugudu, the vertical flute, the reed pipe and the huqin. He is enthusiastic about the transmission, dissemination and promotion of Baisha Xile. Since 2005 he has performed voluntarily every day at Yuhe Square, with a cumulative audience of more than two hundred thousand.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Baisha Xile of the Naxi people, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He teaches Baisha Xile without charge; since 1990 he has organized five training classes in succession, with learners increasing from six to twenty-six, and in 2006 a Baisha Xile transmission centre was formally established.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Baisha Naxi Xile Ⅱ-152
Profile
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