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Wang Yufang

01-0031AshimaFolk LiteratureShilinyizuzizhi, YunnanBatch 1 (2007)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Female, Yi ethnicity, born in 1941; a native of Kunming, Yunnan. At the age of sixteen, Wang Yufang began to learn from her mother to sing the Sani folk songs of the Yi people, and she can sing fluently all of the Sani folk songs, including Ashima. Her voice is sweet; she sings with full expression of both voice and feeling, and her singing is pleasant to the ear and highly moving. Her singing style has developed continuously on the basis of the traditional vocal methods, showing originality.

Honors & Recognition

A national representative bearer of Ashima, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Wang Yufang · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Ashima
Item code
Ⅰ-28
Category
Folk Literature
Region
Shilinyizuzizhi, Yunnan
Born
1941.10
Batch
Batch 1 (2007)

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