Xue Guiyuan
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1917 in Suzhou, Jiangsu. He began studying Daoist teachings at Shuixian Temple in 1925. From 1932 to 1936 he studied Daoist zhaijiao ritual liturgy at Anqiwang Temple under Wu Ziming, and eight years later he received the Daoist ordination register. From 1984 he served as presiding gaogong priest at Xuanmiao Temple, devoting himself to the collection, collation and transmission of Daoist zhaijiao liturgy. He took part in such events as the Beijing Buddhist and Daoist Music Week, the recording of Nishang Yayun (Elegant Rhymes of Rainbow Garments) and the Third Daoist Festival in Singapore.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Suzhou Xuanmiao Temple Daoist Music, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a Daoist priest at Xuanmiao Temple in Suzhou.
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