Tian Zhonghe
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1958 he began studying drumming under veteran musicians of the drum music tradition, and subsequently taught at Jiuyan Township Primary School, the Zhouzhi Teachers' In-service Training School and Jixian Village Primary School, among other institutions.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1943, a native of Zhouzhi, Shaanxi. He has a complete command of the specialist knowledge and skills of this genre of music and is especially skilled in drum performance, with recognised representativeness and influence. Over the years he has actively carried out transmission activities and has trained a large number of successors to Xi'an drum music.
Honors & Recognition
Representative bearer of Xi'an Drum Music, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; retired teacher of Jixian Town Primary School, Zhouzhi County.
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