Lu Dengrong
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of six he began learning to sing meihu quzi from his maternal grandmother He Fengzhi and his father Lu Keming.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Born in December 1935 in Hu County, Shaanxi Province, he is of Han ethnicity. His voice is vigorous and forceful, blending strength with gentleness, and his singing is expressive and highly infectious. In performance he integrates playing and singing, and he can perform several dozen pieces and more than one hundred tunes with ease. Representative pieces in which he excels include Women at Production (Funü Shengchan), Seeing Her Husband Off to Join the Army (Song Lang Canjun), The Eight Immortals Offer Birthday Greetings (Baxian Qingshou), The Old Dragon Weeps to the Sea (Lao Long Ku Hai), The Slow Fifth Watch (Man Wu Geng) and The Bird at the Fifth Watch (Wu Geng Niao). He has persisted year after year in performing for local audiences and has actively carried out transmission activities for meihu quzi, training and coaching a large number of enthusiasts free of charge. He has taken part many times in national academic symposia on quzi and in exchange performances, devoting himself to the transmission and dissemination of meihu quzi.
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of Meihu Quzi, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Meihuquzi Ⅴ-89
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