Wu Haishen
Lineage & School of Heritage
From the age of twelve he learned Miao painting, Miao embroidery, carpentry and other crafts from his father and studied the culture of the Miao ritual way; he later received consecration from a grand ritual master, who bestowed on him the dharma name Fatong.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Miao ethnicity, born in January 1946 in Huayuan County, Hunan Province. He has a thorough command of many folk crafts, of nuo opera and nuo dance, and of folk ground opera; he possesses both the ritual skills of the Miao way and a relatively deep grounding in cultural knowledge and written texts. For many years he has taken part in the rescue and revival of Ganqiu, the great Miao folk festival, having planned and organized the event thirteen times; he compiled and wrote the book Miao Ganqiu and has preserved a large quantity of material objects and documentation relating to the festival. He is one of the bearers most thoroughly versed in the procedures and techniques of the Miao Ganqiu festival in Huayuan County, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture. He is dedicated to the excavation and rescue of folk culture and to the transmission of skills, and has taken on more than ten disciples.
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of Nongliershisijieqi (the 24 Solar Terms; Miao Ganqiu), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
- Nongliershisijieqi Ⅹ-68
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