Liang Quanmin

02-0667Shadow PuppetryTraditional OperaXiaoyi, ShanxiBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

From 1949 Liang Quanmin studied his craft in the Jiqing Troupe, taking the renowned artist Feng Dongsi as his grand-master. After the founding of the People's Republic of China he joined the Xiaoyi County Shadow Puppet Propaganda Troupe, and in 1956 he entered the Xiaoyi Shadow Puppet and Puppet Theatre Troupe, where he later served as head.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnic group, born in 1932 in Xiaoyi, Shanxi. He has a solid grounding in rod technique and consummate skill, can sing in both the piqiang and wanwanqiang styles, and has staged dozens of shadow puppet plays including Nao Chao Ge (Tumult in the Shang Capital), Huang He Zhen (The Yellow River Formation) and Tao Hua Ji (The Peach Blossom Tale). Zhang Yu Zhu Hai (Zhang Yu Boils the Sea) caused a sensation in the capital when performed at the first China Folk Art Festival. In 1989 he toured Britain with the troupe, to warm acclaim from international audiences.

Honors & Recognition

A representative bearer of Shadow Puppetry (Xiaoyi shadow puppetry), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has also trained a group of outstanding shadow puppet talents including Wu Xing and Hao Fenglian.

References & Archival Sources

Liang Quanmin · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Shadow Puppetry
Item code: Ⅳ-91
Category: Traditional Opera
Region: Xiaoyi, Shanxi
Born: 1932.12
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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