Yan Bangzhen
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of sixteen Yan Bangzhen sought out instruction in the art, studying under Qiu Yaolin, and he inherited and mastered the technical conventions and traditional repertory of gaoqiang.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Over a performing career of more than seventy years he trained more than five hundred disciples and founded four local troupes, making important and conspicuous achievements in the discovery, collection, transmission and promotion of Xi'an gaoqiang. His representative works include Tui Jie Fu (Pushing Away the Father) and Dui Hua Ba Xian (The Flower-Matching Eight Immortals).
Honors & Recognition
Also written Yan Bangzhen, male, Han ethnicity, born in 1918 and deceased in 2011, a native of Quzhou, Zhejiang. A national representative bearer of Gaoqiang Opera (Xi'an Gaoqiang), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
Profile
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