Shangxuezhi

02-0304Jizhong Sheng and Guan EnsembleTraditional MusicBazhou, HebeiBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

In the more than four hundred years since the formation of Gaoqiao ancient music, its leading musicians and transmitters have all been members of the Shang family. Shangxuezhi began studying Gaoqiao ancient music with his uncle at the age of nine; from the age of fourteen he carried on the ancestral trade of dian sheng, the making and repair of sheng; at nineteen he became a leading musician; and at thirty-five he became a master and has taught ancient music ever since.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1947, a native of Bazhou, Hebei. He plays every instrument of the Gaoqiao Music Association with skill and is especially accomplished on the sheng, with precise intonation and an archaic, elegant style that reaches a very high artistic level. The sheng and flutes he makes are sold in Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Beijing and Tianjin and enjoy a considerable reputation. In 2005 the Music Research Institute of the Chinese National Academy of Arts and the BBC interviewed and filmed Shangxuezhi.

Honors & Recognition

Representative bearer of Sheng and Guan Wind Music of Central Hebei (Gaoqiao Music Association), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Shangxuezhi · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble
Item code: Ⅱ-59
Category: Traditional Music
Region: Bazhou, Hebei
Born: 1947.03
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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