Dawazhaba

01-0026Gesar Epic TraditionFolk LiteratureQinghaiBatch 1 (2007)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Tibetan ethnicity, born in 1979; a native of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai. It is said that at the age of thirteen, while out herding, he dozed off in a daze, fell seriously ill, and after waking began to chant the stories of Gesar. He claims to be able to chant more than one hundred and seventy Gesar stories, of which over twenty have now been recorded. His chanting is highly distinctive, and he varies the melody according to the different characters and episodes of the story. The stories he chants have intricate and vivid plots and rich content; his delivery is fluent, his articulation clear, each passage flows through in one breath, and the rhythm is bright and lively.

Honors & Recognition

A national representative bearer of the Gesar Epic Tradition (Gesar), a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Dawazhaba · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Gesar Epic Tradition
Item code: Ⅰ-27
Category: Folk Literature
Region: Qinghai
Born: 1979
Batch: Batch 1 (2007)

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