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Zhao Cunlu

02-0244Hua'erTraditional MusicMinhehuizutuzuzizhi, QinghaiBatch 2 (2008)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Dongxiang ethnicity, born in 1930 in Minhe, Qinghai. Vice-chairman of the Qinghai Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

Honors & Recognition

Representative bearer of Hua'er (Qilisi Hua'er Fair), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. From childhood he learned from veteran hua'er singers of the older generation such as Li Hesheng and Zhao Caisheng, and sang alongside others of his own generation. He later collected, collated and accumulated hua'er materials and published Maying Hua'er Xuan (Selected Maying Hua'er), Xinbian Hua'er Xuan (Newly Compiled Hua'er) and Minhe Geyao Ji (Collection of Minhe Ballads); he has also trained folk singers and carried out teaching and transmission activities, and now has six apprentices, including Xu Xiufu.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Zhao Cunlu · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Hua'er
Item code
Ⅱ-20
Category
Traditional Music
Region
Minhehuizutuzuzizhi, Qinghai
Born
1930.05
Batch
Batch 2 (2008)

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