Wang Lizhong
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1965 Wang Lizhong took Niu Jinyu as his master to learn the lion dance and became a sixth-generation transmitter. He actively trained successors in the lion dance and contributed greatly to the transmission and development of the Xushui lion dance.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1943 in Xushui, Hebei. Building on traditional performance routines, he made bold innovations, reformed the lion-dance props and renewed its techniques, so that movements once stiff and clumsy became nimble and the dance could more readily convey the fierce and majestic image of the lion. Wang Lizhong has a deep grounding in the lion dance and moves with great agility, rendering every expression of the lion vividly and true to life.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Lion Dance (Xushui Lion Dance), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
- Lion Dance Ⅲ-5
Profile
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