Qiu Shuhua
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of nine she became a pupil of Gao Gui, a performer of Dongbei Dagu, and was later accepted as a disciple by Xia Xiaohua, known as the 'Drum King'.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in May 1976 in Wuchang, Heilongjiang Province. She first appeared on stage at the age of twelve, excelling in both plucked-string accompaniment and singing, and has accumulated many years of practical stage experience. She draws deliberately on Northeast Chinese folk songs and local ditties for nourishment, and on that basis has created new qupai (tune patterns), giving stronger expression to character and offsetting the monotony of the existing tune patterns. Her representative works include some eighty vocal pieces, among them Yi Zhen Fei (Remembering the True Consort), You Hu Jie San (Borrowing an Umbrella on the Lake) and Daiyu Bei Qiu (Daiyu Mourns the Autumn), as well as full-length narrative cycles such as Xiayi Zhong Baoguo (Chivalry and Loyalty in Defence of the Realm) and Yang Jia Jiang (The Generals of the Yang Family).
Honors & Recognition
She is a national representative bearer of Dongbei Dagu Drum Balladry, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Beginning in June 2006, she worked alongside her teacher Xia Xiaohua to hold thirteen training courses for bearers, carrying out work to safeguard and transmit Dongbei Dagu.
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