Dai Jianping
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1958 Dai Jianping became a formal pupil of Chang Zengshou, a sixth-generation transmitter of the ancient qupai (named tunes) of Daxian opera and a player of the xidi, a tin flute. He studied systematically the daqu of the Tang and Song dynasties, the Luoluo tunes of the Yuan and Ming, the Qingyang (Damuo), Gougou and Kunshan tunes, and the ancient popular songs and xiaoling, committing nearly three hundred qupai to memory. He also learned the xidi, sheng and bamboo flute, the instruments used specifically for the ancient qupai. He is the only surviving person with a comprehensive command of the seven ancient vocal modes, is the seventh-generation transmitter of the ancient qupai and the xidi of the Daxian opera of Puyang, and has composed and designed the vocal music of more than forty Daxian operas.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Born in 1948 in Puyang, Henan, Dai Jianping is of Han ethnicity. In 1964 he entered the Daxian Opera Troupe of Puyang County, Henan, and has worked there ever since. His representative works include Huolong Zhen (The Fire Dragon Formation) and Huanghe Yao (Ballad of the Yellow River).
Honors & Recognition
He is a representative bearer of Daxian Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a national third-grade composer. In 2007 he was named an Outstanding Transmitter of National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Daxian Opera Ⅳ-44
- Daxian Opera Ⅳ-44
- Daxian Opera Ⅳ-44
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