Tong Quancan

05-3011Lantern FestivalFolk CustomsNinghai, ZhejiangBatch 5 (2018)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Born in August 1939, male, Han ethnicity, a native of Ninghai County, Zhejiang Province. He was born in the ancient village of Qiantong Town and took part in various folk activities from childhood, becoming familiar with the rituals of the Lantern Festival lantern fair and with its folk arts. In 1995 he took the lead in reviving the Lantern Festival lantern fair and assumed overall charge of the parade activities, and he enjoys considerable prestige in Qiantong Village.

Honors & Recognition

He is a national representative bearer of the Lantern Festival (Qiantong Yuanxiao Parade), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has preserved and helped protect a number of precious drum pavilions and tiered floats (guting taige). He directed the collection of several local traditional folk music qupai tunes used in the Qiantong Yuanxiao Parade, worked with primary and secondary schools to carry out transmission teaching, and cultivated a group of young bearers, devoting himself to strengthening the Qiantong parade's safeguarding team.

References & Archival Sources

Tong Quancan · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Lantern Festival
Item code: Ⅹ-71
Category: Folk Customs
Region: Ninghai, Zhejiang
Born: —
Batch: Batch 5 (2018)

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