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Nongxueliang

05-2393Zhuangju OperaTraditional OperaWenshanzhuangzumiaozuzizhi, YunnanBatch 5 (2018)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Zhuang, born in October 1949 in Funing County, Yunnan Province. From childhood he studied the vocal styles and movement of Zhuang opera under the veteran performers Gong Tianfu and Huang Shanzhang; he first took the stage at fourteen, and by twenty-four he had a comprehensive command of the several vocal styles of Zhuang opera known as Ai Di Nao and Yi He Hai, becoming an all-rounder of the genre able to act, write, direct and play instruments. From 1994 he served as the sixth-generation head of the Zhuang opera troupe of Houzhou Village, Guizhao Township, Funing County.

Honors & Recognition

He is a representative bearer of Zhuangju Opera, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has laid stress on training successors and has brought up two cohorts of Zhuang opera bearers in succession.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Nongxueliang · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Zhuangju Opera
Item code
Ⅳ-82
Category
Traditional Opera
Region
Wenshanzhuangzumiaozuzizhi, Yunnan
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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