Fan Xiangfu
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Fan Xiangfu, Male, Han, from Jincheng, Shanxi, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Shangdangbayinhui (Ⅱ-58). The tradition is documented in Jincheng, Shanxi. Within the regional tradition and school record of Shangdangbayinhui in Jincheng, Shanxi: After 1949 bayin society organisations became fairly widespread and especially flourishing within the area under Jincheng. After 1980 the bayin societies revived and prospered once more.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Fan Xiangfu is anchored in the documented technical standards of Shangdangbayinhui in Jincheng, Shanxi. Within the documented technical tradition of Shangdangbayinhui in Jincheng, Shanxi: The Shangdang bayin society is widely current in the six counties, cities and districts of Jincheng in the southeastern part of Shanxi Province. The bayin society is a folk musical troupe, named for the eight kinds of instrument it mainly uses: drum, gong, cymbals, sheng, xiao, flute and guan. Its principal performance settings are ancient temple fairs, festival celebrations, seated street-stage blowing and striking, and weddings and funerals. Its wind and percussion instruments are mainly the wind group of suona, sheng, kouqinzi and yaqiang; the bowed and plucked group of high-pitched huhu, mid-pitched huhu, old huhu, banhu, erhu, yangqin and erxian; and the percussion group of old drum, tonggu, biangu, shouban, gong and bangzi. Its instrumental suites include "Da Shi Fan", "Xiao Shi Fan", "Shi Yang Jing" and others, thirty-one pieces in all. The Shangdang bayin society took shape and developed around the transition from the Yuan to the Ming, and matured and flourished in the late Ming and early Qing. During the Cultural Revolution its performance activities were banned and it nearly died out. The Shangdang bayin society has also won gold medals at the Shanxi provincial international gong-and-drum festival and in the national "Qunxing" awards. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Da Shi Fan": One of the instrumental suites of the Shangdang bayin society, and the best known of the thirty-one suite pieces. "Xiao Shi Fan": One of the instrumental suites of the Shangdang bayin society, ranked alongside "Da Shi Fan". "Shi Yang Jing": One of the instrumental suites of the Shangdang bayin society, so named because the ensemble uses a great variety of instruments.
Da Shi Fan
One of the instrumental suites of the Shangdang bayin society, and the best known of the thirty-one suite pieces.
Xiao Shi Fan
One of the instrumental suites of the Shangdang bayin society, ranked alongside "Da Shi Fan".
Shi Yang Jing
One of the instrumental suites of the Shangdang bayin society, so named because the ensemble uses a great variety of instruments.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Fan Xiangfu was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Shangdangbayinhui, with Jincheng, Shanxi as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Shangdangbayinhui in Jincheng, Shanxi: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2006 (batch 1), with Jincheng, Shanxi as its declared area, and Jincheng Cultural Center (Jincheng Shuhua Academy, Jincheng Art Museum) 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
After 1949 bayin society organisations became fairly widespread and especially flourishing within the area under Jincheng. After 1980 the bayin societies revived and prospered once more.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huang Yibao | Jincheng, Shanxi | 03-0848 | Same declared area |
| Fan Xiangfu | Jincheng, Shanxi | — | This page |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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