Wu Guangzu
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Dong ethnicity, born in 1944 in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Guangxi. He has so far collected and arranged more than ten Dong grand songs with distinct melodies, including Gaoshan Jing Shui Ge (Song of the Mountain Spring), Songshu Ge (Song of the Squirrel) and Zhengyue Li Chunqiu (The First Month Brings Spring and Autumn).
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of the Grand Song of the Dong Ethnic Group, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He began learning to sing Dong grand songs, Dong opera and Dong pipa songs in 1952, and currently serves as leader of the Meilin Dong grand song troupe and of its performing arts team, passing on Dong folk music, including grand songs, pipa songs and niutuiqin (ox-leg lute) songs, to young people. Since 1999 he has repeatedly led the Dong grand song troupe to perform in major cities; in 2004 he was granted the title of one of the first "Ten Outstanding Folk Artists" by the CPC Sanjiang County Committee, and in 2005 he was rated a "Moderately Prosperous Cultural Demonstration Household" by the regional culture department, science and technology bureau and sports administration.
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