Song Guochao

02-0669Shadow PuppetryTraditional OperaWafangdian, LiaoningBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

From 1960 Song Guochao studied the art of Fuzhou shadow puppetry with his father Song Xiyun, and in 1970 he took charge of the Yihe Troupe, beginning work on the protection, development and transmission of Fuzhou shadow puppetry.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnic group, born in 1950 in Wafangdian, Liaoning. He has a thorough command of the skills of Fuzhou shadow puppetry, including playwriting, direction, puppet manipulation, puppet carving, drum leading and singing, and he has preserved the traditional flavour of the form. Besides organising the troupe to perform among farming communities, he has trained a new group of successors including Song Guojun and Song Na.

Honors & Recognition

A representative bearer of Shadow Puppetry (Fuzhou shadow puppetry), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Song Guochao · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Shadow Puppetry
Item code: Ⅳ-91
Category: Traditional Opera
Region: Wafangdian, Liaoning
Born: 1950.02.01
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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