Jiaifang
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Jiaifang, Female, Han, from Zuoquan, Shanxi, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Zuoquankaihuadiao (Ⅱ-1). The tradition is documented in Zuoquan, Shanxi. Within the regional tradition and school record of Zuoquankaihuadiao in Zuoquan, Shanxi: Zuoquan is rich in folk songs; according to the Gazetteer of Liaozhou, since the Song and Yuan the locality has had the traditional customs of “making merry at the Lantern Festival”, “making merry at the village festival” and “making merry in the red fire”. Moreover, the padding words and padding lines formed from the local dialect in these songs are superb, such as “a-ge-ya-ya-dai”, “qin-ge-dan-er” and “qin-ya-ge-qin-ya-me-dai-ya-ge-dai”, all of which excellently bring out a strong local colour. From the 1940s onwards music workers began collecting and recording folk songs in Zuoquan, a process lasting more than half a century, and the blossom tunes collected alone number more than a hundred; representative pieces include Peach Blossoms Red, Apricot Blossoms White; With Thoughts, Take It Slowly; Meeting My Elder Brother; Gedan Kin; Longing for My Beloved Brother; and The Land Comes Home. The Zuoquan folk songs represented by the blossom tune once declined in the 1970s and 1980s, their ecology falling out of balance.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Jiaifang is anchored in the documented technical standards of Zuoquankaihuadiao in Zuoquan, Shanxi. Within the documented technical tradition of Zuoquankaihuadiao in Zuoquan, Shanxi: Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Peach Blossoms Red, Apricot Blossoms White": Representative pieces include Peach Blossoms Red, Apricot Blossoms White; With Thoughts, Take It Slowly; Meeting My Elder Brother; Gedan Kin; Longing for My Beloved Brother; and The Land Comes Home. "With Thoughts, Take It Slowly": One of the representative blossom tunes collected in Zuoquan, listed in the same source among the more than a hundred tunes gathered over half a century. "Meeting My Elder Brother": A representative blossom tune of Zuoquan, sung in the local dialect. "Gedan Kin": A representative blossom tune of Zuoquan, its title drawn from the local term of endearment for a sweetheart.
Peach Blossoms Red, Apricot Blossoms White
Representative pieces include Peach Blossoms Red, Apricot Blossoms White; With Thoughts, Take It Slowly; Meeting My Elder Brother; Gedan Kin; Longing for My Beloved Brother; and The Land Comes Home.
With Thoughts, Take It Slowly
One of the representative blossom tunes collected in Zuoquan, listed in the same source among the more than a hundred tunes gathered over half a century.
Meeting My Elder Brother
A representative blossom tune of Zuoquan, sung in the local dialect.
Gedan Kin
A representative blossom tune of Zuoquan, its title drawn from the local term of endearment for a sweetheart.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Jiaifang was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Zuoquankaihuadiao, with Zuoquan, Shanxi as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Zuoquankaihuadiao in Zuoquan, Shanxi: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2006 (batch 1), with Zuoquan, Shanxi as its declared area, and Zuoquan County People's Cultural Center 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
From the 1940s onwards music workers began collecting and recording folk songs in Zuoquan, a process lasting more than half a century, and the blossom tunes collected alone number more than a hundred; representative pieces include Peach Blossoms Red, Apricot Blossoms White; With Thoughts, Take It Slowly; Meeting My Elder Brother; Gedan Kin; Longing for My Beloved Brother; and The Land Comes Home. The Zuoquan folk songs represented by the blossom tune once declined in the 1970s and 1980s, their ecology falling out of balance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liu Gaiyu | Zuoquan, Shanxi | 03-0803 | Same declared area |
| Jiaifang | Zuoquan, Shanxi | — | This page |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
This static English edition is rendered at the edge for search engines, AI crawlers and readers without JavaScript. Compiled from official national representative bearer archival records and the associated project dossier, organized by topic and translated into English. 阅读中文版。