Long Ziming
Lineage & School of Heritage
From childhood Long Ziming studied the Dong Nuo opera known as Dongdongtui under his father Long Jixiang, and he received the authentic transmission of Dong Nuo opera art. He performed without interruption for more than eighty years, so that the twenty-eight traditional Nuo opera pieces have been preserved intact, and he has trained more than a hundred Nuo opera performers.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
He has mastered the performing characteristics of every type of character in Nuo opera and excels at portraying heroic figures. Now in his nineties, Long Ziming still goes on stage masked to perform, and he has on many occasions introduced the history and artistic character of Dongdongtui to scholars and specialists from China and abroad; he is a veteran artist held in high esteem for his integrity and standing.
Honors & Recognition
He was born in 1914 into the Dong ethnic group in Xinhuang, Hunan, and died in 2011. He is a national representative bearer of Nuo Opera (Dong Nuo Opera), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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