Wang Fangren
Lineage & School of Heritage
From childhood he learned to play the bronze drum with his father and toured various places with a folk arts troupe.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Buyi ethnicity, born in 1930, a native of Anshun, Guizhou. He has a thorough command of the various bronze drum tunes; his playing is brisk in rhythm, sonorous and forceful, expressive in sound and feeling and profound in meaning, and carries a rich flavour of Buyi musical culture.
Honors & Recognition
Representative bearer of the Twelve Tunes of the Bronze Drum, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has taken part in provincial, municipal and county performances and won awards. His representative works include Ji Gu Diao (Sacrificial Drum Tune), Jing Gu Diao (Drum Veneration Tune) and Xi Qing Diao (Festive Tune).
References & Archival Sources
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