Zhaxi
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Tibetan, born in February 1968 in Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region. In 1984 he was ordained as a monk at Tashilhunpo Monastery. From 1986 to 2006 he studied at the Zigung Tantric College of Tashilhunpo Monastery. Under the careful guidance of the chham master and after five or six years of diligent study, he mastered the history, culture and dance technique of the chham art, and was able to perform formally at the annual Chham Festival of Tashilhunpo Monastery. In July 2010 he began serving as chham master of the Zigung Tantric College of Tashilhunpo Monastery, teaching and instructing the monastic community in the chham art.
Honors & Recognition
He is a representative bearer of the Shigatse Tashilhunpo Monastery Chham, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. As a bearer of the chham art of Tashilhunpo Monastery, he takes an active part in public welfare activities such as performances, publicity and lectures, transmitting the chham art and enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the people.
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