Deng Jianmin
Lineage & School of Heritage
In May 2008 he took part in the first China Yangge Festival, organized by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Publicity Department of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee among others, and performed at the opening ceremony.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in November 1963, a native of Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province. He has loved folk lantern art since childhood, and in 1984, under the guidance of the veteran artist He Zhenhui, began to learn the performance and making techniques of the carp lantern. He has a thorough command of the various performance segments of the carp lantern, the traditional lantern-lighting ceremony and the techniques of prop framing. He combines traditional methods with modern artistic forms to create new performance segments. He is devoted to teaching and disseminating the craft, and often leads the carp lantern performance team in public-benefit activities and in folk culture and craft exchange performances within and beyond the province, where it has won awards.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Lantern Dance (Carp Lantern Dance), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 2005 he took part in the 7th China Shanghai International Arts Festival and received an Award for Outstanding Contribution.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
- Lantern Dance Ⅲ-45
Profile
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