Yu Yaonan
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1938 in Dabu, Guangdong. From 1958 to 1964 he served as a performer successively with the Dabu County Opera Troupe, the Dabu three-person ballad-singing team, and the Dabu First Cultural Propaganda Team. From 1971 to 1978 he served as deputy director of the Dabu County Cultural Center, vice-chairman of the county federation of literary and art circles, member of the municipal committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and council member of the provincial ballad-singers association. He retired in 1998. He is quick-witted and can compose songs on the spur of the moment, answering fluently in antiphonal singing contests. He is especially skilled in the technique of striking bamboo clappers. His representative works include Doufu Fuqi (The Tofu-Making Couple) and Lao Qing (An Old Romance).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Meizhou Kejia Mountain Songs, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1990 he was honored as a Master of Meizhou Mountain Songs.
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