Shi Wanheng
Lineage & School of Heritage
Shi Wanheng grew up under the influence of his father, Shi Tiancai, and came to love the yanhe dance. From the age of twelve he learned to sing and dance the yanhe dance and to play its tunes; in adulthood he excelled in both singing and dancing, commanded many routines of the Yi yanhe dance, could play the four-stringed Yi lute, and could sing the Haicai Qiang and the other major vocal styles of southern Yunnan as well as various Yi folk tunes and traditional songs, so that he became a folk musician and dancer known far and wide.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Yi ethnicity, born in 1947 in Honghe, Yunnan. For many years he has passed on the yanhe dance in townships, villages and primary schools across Shiping, making a great contribution to the transmission of the Yi yanhe dance.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Yi Yanhe Dance, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Yi Yanhe Dance Ⅲ-37
Profile
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