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Xing Chuanpei

02-0357Stilt WalkingTraditional DanceHaicheng, LiaoningBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

At the age of fifteen, Xing Chuanpei was taught stilt-walking skills by his father, Xing Licai, and performed the shangzhuang (female role). The following year he studied the touqiao (martial clown) role under his uncle, Xing Liju, and at twenty he became a pupil of Wang Cairang. He later attended the Liaoning Provincial Training Class for the Reform of Stilt Yangge, where he studied handkerchief and fan techniques under Hu Zaowen and Guo Lihua.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Xing Chuanpei, a male of Han ethnicity, was born in 1953 in Haiyang, Liaoning. In recent years, as an important organizer of stilt-walking activities in Haicheng, he founded the Haicheng Folk Stilt Yangge Art Troupe and trained disciples such as Xia Wei and Li Wenqi, making a great contribution to the transmission of the Haicheng stilt-walking art.

Honors & Recognition

He is a national representative bearer of Stilt Walking (Haicheng Stilt Walking), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Xing Chuanpei · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Stilt Walking
Item code
Ⅲ-9
Category
Traditional Dance
Region
Haicheng, Liaoning
Born
1953.11.22
Batch
Batch 2 (2008)

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