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Guo Guizeng

05-2536Cangzhou Martial ArtsTraditional Sports, Games and AcrobaticsCangzhou, HebeiBatch 5 (2018)

Lineage & School of Heritage

He was born into a martial arts family and studied under his grandfather Guo Changsheng, a leading authority in martial arts and grandmaster of Piguaquan. He is thoroughly versed in the boxing and weapon techniques handed down in his family and lays emphasis on their combat application.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in February 1948 in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. He is a Piguaquan master and holds the seventh duan of Chinese wushu. He has served as leader of the Tongbei and Pigua schools at successive Cangzhou martial arts festivals. In 2012 he founded a research society for martial arts culture, began collating the genealogies and manuals of the boxing and weapon systems, and set up a related website, using the online platform to publicize and promote Piguaquan.

Honors & Recognition

National representative bearer of Cangzhou Martial Arts (Piguaquan), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. From 2006 to the present he has three times represented the national team and Hebei Province at international wushu competitions, winning gold medals.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Guo Guizeng · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Cangzhou Martial Arts
Item code
Ⅵ-10
Category
Traditional Sports, Games and Acrobatics
Region
Cangzhou, Hebei
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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