Dong Yanping

01 · Lineage & Regional School

Dong Yanping, Female, Han, from Jinan, Shandong, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Luju Opera (Ⅳ-116). The tradition is documented in Jinan, Shandong. Within the regional tradition and school record of Luju Opera in Jinan, Shandong: Lu opera centres on Jinan city, Shandong, and is popular through most of Shandong and in parts of Jiangsu and Anhui; the Shandong provincial Lu opera troupe was founded in 1950, and after the 1953 east China opera showcase the name “Lu opera” was established and rapidly spread, making it Shandong's most representative local genre. Lu opera was formerly called “sitting-tune yangqin” and “painted-face yangqin”; it evolved from Shandong qinshu by absorbing folk flower-drum, ditties and local tunes, and is popular in Shandong and parts of Jiangsu and Anhui.

02 · Mastery & Signature Works

The bearer record for Dong Yanping is anchored in the documented technical standards of Luju Opera in Jinan, Shandong. Within the documented technical tradition of Luju Opera in Jinan, Shandong: It is a rural art, performing farming matters and singing farming feelings, its roles mainly the “three small” of xiaosheng, xiaodan and xiaochou, its lyrics and speech mostly from folk usage, and its singing accompanied chiefly by the zhuihu, erhu and sanxian. Its singing music evolved from folk popular tunes and belongs to the typical banqiang structure, made up of such modes as “siping” and “erban” together with some qupai; the tunes are simple and plain, beautiful and pleasant, natural and easy to sing, brimming with rich life-breath and local character, praised in its areas as a “post for tethering wives”. Its repertory runs to nearly three hundred items, among which Wang Xiao Drives the Cart, Sisters Swap Marriages and Li Ersao Remarries are representative works. Its repertory is mostly drawn from folk life and rural ethics, its acting naturalistic, its recitation using Shandong pronunciation and its staging simple, suiting touring performance. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Wang Xiao Drives the Cart": One of the representative works among Lu opera's nearly three hundred plays. "Sisters Swap Marriages": One of the representative works among Lu opera's nearly three hundred plays. "Li Ersao Remarries": One of the representative works among Lu opera's nearly three hundred plays, taken to Beijing, filmed and spread nationwide.

03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status

In 2025, Dong Yanping was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Luju Opera, with Jinan, Shandong as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Luju Opera in Jinan, Shandong: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2008 (batch 2), with Jinan, Shandong as its declared area, and Jinan Lü Theatre 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

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.

06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography

1. Dongyanping (Jinan, Shandong) · China ICH Official Project Archive
2. Dongyanping · China ICH Official Archive