Liang Zhenggong
Lineage & School of Heritage
He is thoroughly versed in the Zhuang square script, able to recite scriptures and Zhuang long poems, to tell folk tales and to practise divination; he is skilled at playing instruments such as the bamboo flute, huqin and sanxian, has a complete command of the full performance repertoire of the Zhuang bronze drum dance, and exerts considerable influence in Guangnan, Xichou, Yanshan and other counties, attracting many young people to come and study under him.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Zhuang, born in April 1948 in Guangnan County, Yunnan Province. Steeped from childhood in his family's love of traditional culture, he began formally studying Zhuang sacrificial rites after graduating from junior middle school in 1970. From 1982 he began presiding over local Zhuang folk activities and was gradually chosen by the villagers to preside over the major sacrificial ceremonies of the whole village, becoming a renowned bumo, or Zhuang ritual specialist, in Guangnan County and being respectfully addressed as Elder Liang. He has taught more than thirty disciples and, to promote the transmission of the bronze drum dance, compiled An Introduction to the Twelve Sets of Movements of the Bronze Drum Dance.
Honors & Recognition
He is a representative bearer of Bronze Drum Dance (Wenshan Zhuang and Yi Bronze Drum Dance), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Bronze Drum Dance Ⅲ-26
- Bronze Drum Dance Ⅲ-26
- Bronze Drum Dance Ⅲ-26
- Bronze Drum Dance Ⅲ-26
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