Yang Xiaofeng
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Yang Xiaofeng, Male, Han, from Qingpu, Shanghai, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Wu Songs (Ⅰ-22). The tradition is documented in Qingpu, Shanghai. Within the regional tradition and school record of Wu Songs in Qingpu, Shanghai: The content of the lyrics comes mainly from the real life of the local people, mostly expressing their labour, life, thought and love, and it is important material for observing the social life and customs of Shanghai and the surrounding rice-growing areas. The Dongmeili area of Wuxi and its surroundings are also one of the main areas of the circulation of Wu songs. Wu songs originated in the south-eastern part of Jiangsu and are a folk literature and art with strong national and regional character, with a history of more than three thousand two hundred years. From the Ming and Qing and through the Republican period the singing of Wu songs flourished most in the Dongting, Chaqiao and Anzhen areas of Wuxi county, where antiphonal mountain-song gatherings were frequent.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Yang Xiaofeng is anchored in the documented technical standards of Wu Songs in Qingpu, Shanghai. Within the documented technical tradition of Wu Songs in Qingpu, Shanghai: The folk songs and ballads of the Wu region are collectively called Wu songs, an important part of Wu culture. Wu songs include the two parts song and ballad; in content they include love songs as well as labour songs and songs on current affairs; distinguished by musical form, Wu songs have six kinds of music such as mingxiao and wusheng. The field mountain song, a form of folk song with distinctive features in the south of the Yangzi, is also a kind of Wu song, concentrated mainly in the four suburban counties of Liantang, Zhaoxiang, Jinze and Shangta in Qingpu, Shanghai, and in the neighbouring areas of Wujiang and Wu county in Jiangsu and Jiashan and Jiaxing in Zhejiang. The Shanghai field mountain song is sung by peasants when weeding and hoeing rice; its form is one man leading and the crowd answering in turn, and it is also called the hawking mountain song, the seedling-falling song and the big-headed mountain song. The Shanghai field mountain song has a high and ringing tone and a freely rising melody, with many long-drawn cadences and polyphonic forms. Among them are Little Qingqing, Xue Liulang, Chen Wupan and Jin Buhuan, and especially the long narrative song Brother Shen Qi, which caused a strong response at home and abroad after publication. Wu songs vividly record the life history of the lower classes of the south of the Yangzi and are extremely precious folk cultural heritage. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Fifth Girl": A representative Wu song work sung by Wang Xiyu and others. "The Twelve Flowers as the Ancients": One of the representative field mountain song works sung by Zhang Yonglian. "The Maodian Mountain Song (Seedling-Falling Song)": A field mountain song current in the Qingpu area, sung by five or six people. "The Zhaoxiang Field-Song Troupe": The field-song troupe that was invited to sing in Beijing in 1953 and was received.
Fifth Girl
A representative Wu song work sung by Wang Xiyu and others.
The Twelve Flowers as the Ancients
One of the representative field mountain song works sung by Zhang Yonglian.
The Maodian Mountain Song (Seedling-Falling Song)
A field mountain song current in the Qingpu area, sung by five or six people.
The Zhaoxiang Field-Song Troupe
The field-song troupe that was invited to sing in Beijing in 1953 and was received.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Yang Xiaofeng was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Wu Songs, with Qingpu, Shanghai as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Wu Songs in Qingpu, Shanghai: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2008 (batch 2), with Qingpu, Shanghai as its declared area, and Shanghai Qingpu District Cultural Center (Shanghai Qingpu Hua Academy) as its safeguarding unit. Since the project was inscribed in the national inventory, its declared area and safeguarding unit have carried out documentation, transmission and presentation within the national safeguarding framework. Together, the inventory record and the project archive form the public documentary basis for the bearer’s transmission practice.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
Wu songs originated in the south-eastern part of Jiangsu and are a folk literature and art with strong national and regional character, with a history of more than three thousand two hundred years. From the Ming and Qing and through the Republican period the singing of Wu songs flourished most in the Dongting, Chaqiao and Anzhen areas of Wuxi county, where antiphonal mountain-song gatherings were frequent.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lu Ruiying | Suzhou, Jiangsu | 01-0016 | Other regional school |
| Yang Wenying | Suzhou, Jiangsu | 01-0017 | Other regional school |
| Wang Xiyu | Qingpu, Shanghai | 03-0785 | Same declared area |
| Zhang Haosheng | Wuxi, Jiangsu | 03-0786 | Other regional school |
| Zhang Yonglian | Qingpu, Shanghai | 04-1491 | Same declared area |
| Tang Jianqin | Wuxi, Jiangsu | — | Other regional school |
| Yang Xiaofeng | Qingpu, Shanghai | — | This page |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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