Zhao Gengchen
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1918, a native of Weinan, Shaanxi. From the age of fifteen he studied the yun qu repertoire and the playing of the sheng, guanzi and dizi under Liang Zhenyuan and other musicians of the Dongcang Drum Music Society, and learned the set-playing techniques of the drum, paired yunluo and bronze percussion from Zhu Tong, a musician of the Xianmi Temple. He had a thorough command of the seated music in all four modes, liu, chi, shang and wu, was versed in every form of the processional music, and also knew the sung chapters and recited texts. He is revered as a living fossil of Xi'an drum music and received the title Grand Master of Xi'an Drum Music from the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture.
Honors & Recognition
Representative bearer of Xi'an Drum Music, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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