Ding Bixia

02-0682Shadow PuppetryTraditional OperaQian, ShaanxiBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

In 1960 Ding Bixia entered the Qian County School of Culture and Art to study the craft, specialising in male roles; she gained a complete command of the acting and directing knowledge and skills of Xianbanqiang and became one of the principal figures in transferring Xianbanqiang from shadow puppetry to the large stage, and for many years she has worked actively to train successors.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1944, a native of Qian County, Shaanxi.

Honors & Recognition

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

References & Archival Sources

Ding Bixia · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Shadow Puppetry
Item code: Ⅳ-91
Category: Traditional Opera
Region: Qian, Shaanxi
Born: 1944.11
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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