Yanling
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Yanling, Female, Han, from Xuzhou, Jiangsu, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Xuzhou Bangzi (Ⅳ-121). The tradition is documented in Xuzhou, Jiangsu. Within the regional tradition and school record of Xuzhou Bangzi in Xuzhou, Jiangsu: Xuzhou bangzi centres on Xuzhou city, Jiangsu, and is popular in Xuzhou, Feng county, Pei county and the Jiangsu-Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region; early famous troupes included the “Jiang school” (Jiang Huajiazi), the “Yin school” (Yin Fengzhe), the Teng Gongsheng troupe and the Dai Jinshan troupe, and the Jiangsu provincial bangzi troupe is its professional performing and transmission body. Xuzhou bangzi is an operatic genre with sharply distinctive local character, formed by combining northern Jiangsu folk ditties, variety art and local storytelling with the Shaanxi-Shanxi bangzi that came into Xuzhou, circulating mainly in the Xuzhou area of Jiangsu.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Yanling is anchored in the documented technical standards of Xuzhou Bangzi in Xuzhou, Jiangsu. Within the documented technical tradition of Xuzhou Bangzi in Xuzhou, Jiangsu: Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "The Four Great Campaigns": One of the customary groupings of representative plays of Xuzhou bangzi, mostly on great historical events and political and military struggle. "The Four Great Beheadings": One of the customary groupings of representative plays of Xuzhou bangzi. "The New and Old Eighteen Volumes": One of the customary groupings of representative plays of Xuzhou bangzi. "Splitting Yang Fan with the Sabre": One of the representative works of the inheritor.
The Four Great Campaigns
One of the customary groupings of representative plays of Xuzhou bangzi, mostly on great historical events and political and military struggle.
The Four Great Beheadings
One of the customary groupings of representative plays of Xuzhou bangzi.
The New and Old Eighteen Volumes
One of the customary groupings of representative plays of Xuzhou bangzi.
Splitting Yang Fan with the Sabre
One of the representative works of the inheritor.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Yanling was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Xuzhou Bangzi, with Xuzhou, Jiangsu as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Xuzhou Bangzi in Xuzhou, Jiangsu: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2008 (batch 2), with Xuzhou, Jiangsu as its declared area, and Xuzhou Performing Arts Group Co., Ltd. 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
Xuzhou bangzi is an operatic genre with sharply distinctive local character, formed by combining northern Jiangsu folk ditties, variety art and local storytelling with the Shaanxi-Shanxi bangzi that came into Xuzhou, circulating mainly in the Xuzhou area of Jiangsu.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jiang Yunxia | Xuzhou, Jiangsu | 03-1138 | Same declared area |
| Yanling | Xuzhou, Jiangsu | — | This page |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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