Bi Huayu
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Through the influence of his family, he came to love learning the various folk rites from childhood. He was proficient in the Yi script and was an expert in translating and collating documents written in it; being well acquainted with the folk customs and rites of the Sani branch of the Yi people, he translated the ancient Yi narrative poem Ashima and spread it through singing.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Yi ethnicity, born in 1953 and deceased in 2013; a native of Kunming, Yunnan. A national representative bearer of Ashima, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Ashima Ⅰ-28
Profile
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