Shi Chenglin

02-0683Shadow PuppetryTraditional OperaHuan, GansuBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

At the age of seven Shi Chenglin began learning the craft from his father, and in 1979 he bought back a stage chest and formed a troupe to begin performing.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1947, a native of Huan County, Gansu. He has practised the art for more than forty years and his skills have steadily matured; he is especially accomplished in front-stage performance, can sing thirty full-length plays from memory (chiben) and ten plays while following the script (dingben), and on the basis of inheriting the Shi school tradition he has made bold innovations. He is one of the most versatile Daoqing shadow play artists in Huan County today, and in 2002 the Gansu Provincial Folk Literature and Art Association conferred on him the title Gansu Daoqing Shadow Play Artist.

Honors & Recognition

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

References & Archival Sources

Shi Chenglin · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Shadow Puppetry
Item code: Ⅳ-91
Category: Traditional Opera
Region: Huan, Gansu
Born: 1947.04
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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