Liu Hua

02-0676Shadow PuppetryTraditional OperaWeinan, ShaanxiBatch 2 (2008)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1943, a native of Hua County, Shaanxi. In 1958 Liu Hua entered the drama class of the Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Traditional Opera to study Qinqiang, Wanwanqiang, Meihu and other opera forms; in 1959 he entered the Gansu Provincial Drama School to study the yueqin; and in 1964 he joined the Huaxian Guangyi Shadow Puppet Society of the renowned Hua County artist Pan Jingle, serving as banhu player, and he is also able to perform the qiansheng (lead singing), qianshou (manipulation) and erxian fiddle techniques.

Honors & Recognition

A representative bearer of Shadow Puppetry (Hua County Shadow Puppetry), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. His banhu playing dovetails with the lead singing of the shadow play, fully bringing out the folk flavour of the music; he is known by the titles Peerless Master of Wanwanqiang of the Eastern Prefecture and King of the Yueqin, and his disciples include Liu Tianwen and Liu Jinrui.

References & Archival Sources

Liu Hua · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Shadow Puppetry
Item code: Ⅳ-91
Category: Traditional Opera
Region: Weinan, Shaanxi
Born: 1943.12.21
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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