Han Xuerong
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Han Xuerong, Female, Han, from Jun, Henan, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Dapingdiao (Ⅳ-26). The tradition is documented in Jun, Henan. Within the regional tradition and school record of Dapingdiao in Jun, Henan: Dapingdiao is broadly divided into three branches—Hedong ping, eastern-road ping and western-road ping—the western-road ping centring on the Xunxian and Huaxian area of northern Henan, with more than four hundred drum-and-gong qupai and more than eighty vocal ban styles, differing from the eastern-road and Hedong branches in ban patterns and qupai structure. Xunxian in Henan is a principal distribution area of western-road Dapingdiao, whose performing art is broad and plain, its poses closely resembling those of shehuo processions, lantern paintings and temple murals, presenting a magnificent spectacle. Among its traditional martial plays there is no lack of real weapons, and its facial designs, coloured effects, fire-blowing and tusks are especially distinctive. Xunxian Dapingdiao's vocal music is a school of its own, with more than four hundred drum-and-gong qupai and more than eighty vocal ban styles; in more than a dozen traditional plays such as Da Dengzhou and Yuhe Guan there appear qupai-structured musical passages of varying degree (some whole plays), offering scholarship new subjects for cultural research. Drawing on the Henan volume of the Annals of Chinese Xiqu and Xunxian cultural materials, western-road Dapingdiao is found in northern Henan, with Xunxian its main area of distribution; it formed professional troupes in the temple-fair and shehuo performances of the late Qing and early Republic, with a singing and acting style of its own.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Han Xuerong is anchored in the documented technical standards of Dapingdiao in Jun, Henan. Within the documented technical tradition of Dapingdiao in Jun, Henan: Xunxian in Henan is a principal distribution area of western-road Dapingdiao, whose performing art is broad and plain, its poses closely resembling those of shehuo processions, lantern paintings and temple murals, presenting a magnificent spectacle. Among its traditional martial plays there is no lack of real weapons, and its facial designs, coloured effects, fire-blowing and tusks are especially distinctive. Xunxian Dapingdiao's vocal music is a school of its own, with more than four hundred drum-and-gong qupai and more than eighty vocal ban styles; in more than a dozen traditional plays such as Da Dengzhou and Yuhe Guan there appear qupai-structured musical passages of varying degree (some whole plays), offering scholarship new subjects for cultural research. Its singing is mainly in the banqiang system with a qupai structure as well, low in register and vigorous, and together with its shehuo-style bearing and coloured effects it forms a striking north-Henan local character. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Da Dengzhou (Attacking Dengzhou)": A traditional western-road Dapingdiao martial play that preserves qupai-structured music and employs real weapons on stage. "Yuhe Guan (Yuhe Pass)": A traditional western-road Dapingdiao play containing qupai-structured passages of varying degree, offering an example for operatic music research. "Zha Mei An (The Case of Beheading the Unfaithful Husband)": A Judge Bao piece for the black-jing role and one of the representative works of the inheritor Li Deping. "Xia Gaoping (Descending on Gaoping)": A major black-jing play and one of Li Deping's representative works, issued by an audio-visual publisher.
Da Dengzhou (Attacking Dengzhou)
A traditional western-road Dapingdiao martial play that preserves qupai-structured music and employs real weapons on stage.
Yuhe Guan (Yuhe Pass)
A traditional western-road Dapingdiao play containing qupai-structured passages of varying degree, offering an example for operatic music research.
Zha Mei An (The Case of Beheading the Unfaithful Husband)
A Judge Bao piece for the black-jing role and one of the representative works of the inheritor Li Deping.
Xia Gaoping (Descending on Gaoping)
A major black-jing play and one of Li Deping's representative works, issued by an audio-visual publisher.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Han Xuerong was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Dapingdiao, with Jun, Henan as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Dapingdiao in Jun, Henan: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2011 (batch 3), with Jun, Henan as its declared area, and Jun County Dapingdiao Transmission Safeguarding 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
Xunxian in Henan is a principal distribution area of western-road Dapingdiao, whose performing art is broad and plain, its poses closely resembling those of shehuo processions, lantern paintings and temple murals, presenting a magnificent spectacle. Among its traditional martial plays there is no lack of real weapons, and its facial designs, coloured effects, fire-blowing and tusks are especially distinctive. Xunxian Dapingdiao's vocal music is a school of its own, with more than four hundred drum-and-gong qupai and more than eighty vocal ban styles; in more than a dozen traditional plays such as Da Dengzhou and Yuhe Guan there appear qupai-structured musical passages of varying degree (some whole plays), offering scholarship new subjects for cultural research. Drawing on the Henan volume of the Annals of Chinese Xiqu and Xunxian cultural materials, western-road Dapingdiao is found in northern Henan, with Xunxian its main area of distribution; it formed professional troupes in the temple-fair and shehuo performances of the late Qing and early Republic, with a singing and acting style of its own.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhang Xiangbin | Puyang, Henan | 02-0489 | Other regional school |
| Wei Shouxian | Hua, Henan | 02-0490 | Other regional school |
| Du Xuezhou | Yanjin, Henan | 02-0491 | Other regional school |
| Cao Xiuzhi | Yanjin, Henan | 02-0492 | Other regional school |
| He Xiliang | Hezeshimudan, Shandong | 03-1000 | Other regional school |
| Li Deping | Jun, Henan | 04-1612 | Same declared area |
| Wu Congyin | Dongming, Shandong | 05-2323 | Other regional school |
| Zhoukuisheng | Dongming, Shandong | — | Other regional school |
| Han Xuerong | Jun, Henan | — | This page |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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