Houbaoyun
Lineage & School of Heritage
From the age of fourteen he took as his teachers the celebrated local haicai qiang masters and quzi patrons, the artists Li Fazhong and his mother Wan Zhuying, among others; by the age of twenty he had a firm command of the singing methods and techniques of local folk songs, including haicai qiang, si qiang, shanyao qiang, wushan qiang and folk tunes.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Yi ethnicity, born in 1942 in Shiping, Yunnan. He makes his living by farming. In 1993, at the invitation of Professor Tian Feng of the Central Conservatory of Music, he became a teacher at the Yunnan Ethnic Culture Transmission Centre. He has long been engaged in teaching traditional culture, and his students are to be found throughout Yunnan.
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of Yi Haicai Qiang, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1984 he took part in the first ethnic folk song and dance competition held in Shiping County and won three first-class prizes.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Yi Haicaiqiang Ⅱ-31
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