Wang Weixue
Lineage & School of Heritage
His disciples include Qi Jianyun, Wang Kemin and Ma Weisheng, fifth-generation transmitters of Hezhou Xianxiao.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1954 in Linxia, Gansu Province. From the age of five he followed his elders to teahouses to listen to Hezhou Xianxiao singing. He began learning to sing in 1975, studying successively under the veteran artist Zhang Gaxiang and the renowned Xianxiao artist Meng Sheng. He is adept at the sanxian, with varied technique and a bright, clear tone; his singing is impassioned, and his voice powerful and mellow. He performs regularly in tea gardens, clubs and neighbourhood communities, and takes part in various cultural performances. His rendition of Han Qigong Zhua Bing (Han Qigong Presses Men into the Army) was publicly released, and his pieces Shui Meng Cheng Zhen (The Water Dream Comes True) and Zheyang de Hao Shidai Mei Jianguo (Such a Good Era I Had Never Seen) received awards. He has unearthed, collected and organised a large body of Hezhou Xianxiao material, with notable achievements in performance, research and teaching.
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of Xianxiao (Hezhou Xianxiao), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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