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Cirenzhandui

01-0024Gesar Epic TraditionFolk LiteratureTibetBatch 1 (2007)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Tibetan ethnicity, born in 1968; a native of Nagqu, Tibet. He began to chant Gesar stories at the age of thirteen. His transmission is said to be of the divinely inspired type, and he can now chant eighty-three Gesar stories.

Honors & Recognition

A national representative bearer of the Gesar Epic Tradition (Gesar), a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1991 he was awarded the title of Shuochangjia (Master Bard) by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Culture, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the China Society for the Study of Folk Literature and Art.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Cirenzhandui · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Gesar Epic Tradition
Item code
Ⅰ-27
Category
Folk Literature
Region
Tibet
Born
1968.01.29
Batch
Batch 1 (2007)

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