Hao Xiujie
Lineage & School of Heritage
From childhood she learned to sing Xihe Dagu from her mother, Hao Yanxia, and is the third-generation transmitter of the Hao school of Xihe Dagu. In 1981 Lu Ban Learns a Trade (Lu Ban Xue Yi) won first prize at the national quyi festival; her representative works include One Hundred and Eight Prefectures (Yibai Dan Ba Zhou), Xichun Paints a Picture (Xichun Zuohua), Lu Ban Learns a Trade, Han Xiangzi Offers Birthday Greetings (Han Xiangzi Shang Shou), A Hundred Pavilions Vying in Beauty (Bai Ting Zheng Xiu) and Lü Dongbin Teases the Peony (Lü Dongbin Xi Mudan).
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Manchu ethnicity, born in July 1958 in Jin County, Liaoning Province. At the age of 15 she was admitted to the art troupe of the Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Engineer Corps. In 1979 she was demobilized and was admitted to the Tianjin Quyi Troupe. Her voice is splendid, crisp and sweet; her storytelling and singing rest on solid traditional accomplishment, her diction is clear, her singing spirited and unrestrained, and she pays close attention to the union of language and music.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Xihe Dagu, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
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