Mao Qinming
Lineage & School of Heritage
At sixteen he became a disciple of the renowned storytelling artist Su Baofu, took the stage three years later, and has worked in storytelling performance for more than forty years. He regularly watches performances by storytellers of different schools and is adept at drawing on the strengths of each.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of the Han ethnic group, born in 1931 in Fuzhou, Fujian. In the course of his training he has continually strengthened his own cultural accomplishment, and he applies idioms, proverbs and two-part allegorical sayings freely in his narration, enhancing the listenability of his storytelling. His representative works include A Thousand Pieces of Gold for a Horse's Bones (Qianjin Mai Gu), Noodles Boiled in Tung Oil (Tongyou Zhu Fen Gan), The Generals of the Hu Family (Hu Jia Jiang) and History of the Five Dynasties (Wudai Shi). In 1987 the China Quyi Publishing House published Selections of Fuzhou Storytelling, collated by Mao Qinming and Chen Zhuxi.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Fuzhou Storytelling, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a national second-grade actor. To transmit the art better and train new performers, Mao Qinming tutors young actors every week, passing on all he knows.
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