Feng Wanming

05-3006NongliershisijieqiFolk CustomsShiqian, GuizhouBatch 5 (2018)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

All his forebears were chunguan, the spring officials of local custom; he began learning the spring proclamation in 1968, and from 1970 he travelled independently to proclaim spring in Zhenyuan, Sansui, Tianzhu, Cengong and other neighbouring districts. He has assiduously studied the vocal art of the spring proclamation; he has a thorough command of the traditional zhengchun libretto Yujiao Gengdu (The Fisherman, the Woodcutter, the Farmer and the Scholar) and is familiar with the melodies and verbal art of the yechun repertoire, which he can perform impromptu. He has mastered a series of rites of the spring proclamation and can also carve the spring ox and the blocks for spring posters and print the posters. For many years he has persisted in proclaiming spring in the surrounding villages during the Spring Festival. He has taught more than ten disciples.

Honors & Recognition

Male, Han ethnicity, born in January 1950, died in February 2020, a native of Shiqian County, Guizhou Province. He was a national representative bearer of Nongliershisijieqi (the 24 Solar Terms; Shiqian Spring Proclamation), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Feng Wanming · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Nongliershisijieqi
Item code: Ⅹ-68
Category: Folk Customs
Region: Shiqian, Guizhou
Born: —
Batch: Batch 5 (2018)

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