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Xin Lisheng

02-0227Hequ Folk SongsTraditional MusicHequ, ShanxiBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

He studied under Li Fazi, a renowned veteran artist of Errentai, the two-person song-and-dance genre, from Hequ County.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1938 in Hequ, Shanxi. From 1960 to 1962 he worked with the Errentai Troupe of Hequ County. From 1987 to 2000 he worked with the workers' amateur Errentai troupe of Hequ County. Since 1962 he has trained more than two hundred new performers of Hequ Errentai and Hequ folk songs.

Honors & Recognition

A national representative bearer of Hequ Folk Songs, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. His voice is loud and clear, his timbre pure, and his performance consummate. He has appeared in cultural performances on China Central Television and on television stations in Shanxi, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong, China, and has won various awards more than a hundred times.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Xin Lisheng · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Hequ Folk Songs
Item code
Ⅱ-2
Category
Traditional Music
Region
Hequ, Shanxi
Born
1938.10.28
Batch
Batch 2 (2008)

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