He Hongliang
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Raised in a family and a community steeped in tradition, he has loved his people's traditional culture since childhood and often accompanied his father to the Remeicuo, Omaida and flute-accompanied datiao gatherings that villagers organised spontaneously in the fields. Within the regional tradition and school record of Naxi Remeicuo in Lijiangshigucheng, Yunnan: Remeicao is a Chinese-character transcription of a Naxi word. The historical evolution of the Naxi remeicao is not clearly recorded in writing; according to the comparative study of song and dance in the Lijiang area by He Shiwen and others, it is very similar to Worere, which is preserved to this day on the Ninglang side of the valley of the Jinsha River.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
He is a Naxi man born in October 1967 in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. Thoroughly versed in the dance and singing techniques of Remeicuo, he is an influential lead dancer and lead singer in Dadong Township, Gucheng District, Lijiang City, and the organiser and leader of Remeicuo in the Dadong area; he has been invited to perform on many occasions and has won warm praise. Since 2010 he has taught without interruption at the Remeicuo transmission site in Wenming Village, Dadong Township, where he has trained more than two hundred and fifty students. Within the documented technical tradition of Naxi Remeicuo in Lijiangshigucheng, Yunnan: The Naxi remeicao fuses poetry, song and dance into a single whole and is performed as a complete set; in performance men and women sing together in a collective dance, no props are used, the number of participants is unlimited, ranging from a dozen or so to several hundred. Men, women, old and young all join hands, form a ring around the fire and sing and dance in a clockwise direction. The dance movements are archaic and natural, and the vocal style is close to a shout, yet every participant has to keep in time with the others in the singing and dancing so as to achieve harmony. The dance movements of remeicao carry no ornamentation, and the music is a natural sound issuing from the chest and throat, so it cannot be recorded accurately for teaching. The Naxi must begin to acquire the techniques of remeicao in childhood, through oral transmission from their elders and through long participation in practice, and then improvise as the situation prompts them. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Poetry, song and dance in one": The form fuses poetry, song and dance, sung in mixed voices without props, from a dozen to several hundred participants. "Circling the fire clockwise": Old and young join hands around the fire clockwise, singing in near-shouts but keeping a single beat. "Oral transmission and improvisation": Because the music cannot be notated, it is learned from childhood orally and improvised in context. "He Zhenqiang and He Hongliang": He Zhenqiang improvised verses from Dongba lore; his son He Hongliang now leads the singing and organisation.
Poetry, song and dance in one
The form fuses poetry, song and dance, sung in mixed voices without props, from a dozen to several hundred participants.
Circling the fire clockwise
Old and young join hands around the fire clockwise, singing in near-shouts but keeping a single beat.
Oral transmission and improvisation
Because the music cannot be notated, it is learned from childhood orally and improvised in context.
He Zhenqiang and He Hongliang
He Zhenqiang improvised verses from Dongba lore; his son He Hongliang now leads the singing and organisation.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
He is a fifth-batch national representative bearer of Naxi Remeicuo, a national intangible cultural heritage project. He is the eldest son of He Zhenqiang, a fourth-batch national representative bearer of the same project.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
Remeicao is a Chinese-character transcription of a Naxi word. The historical evolution of the Naxi remeicao is not clearly recorded in writing; according to the comparative study of song and dance in the Lijiang area by He Shiwen and others, it is very similar to Worere, which is preserved to this day on the Ninglang side of the valley of the Jinsha River.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| He Zhenqiang | Lijiangshigucheng, Yunnan | 04-1577 | Same declared area |
| He Hongliang | Lijiangshigucheng, Yunnan | 05-2273 | This page |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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