Xia Xiaohua
Lineage & School of Heritage
She was born into a family of Dongbei Dagu performers in Yushu County, Jilin Province; she began learning the art at six and took the stage at eight, studying successively under Ma Shouxin and Liu Yuxi, third-generation transmitters of Dongbei Dagu, and is a fourth-generation transmitter of the Xiajiang school of Dongbei Dagu.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, of the Han ethnic group, born in 1954 in Yushu, Jilin. She is now director of the quyi department and a research librarian of the Heilongjiang Provincial Mass Art Gallery. Her singing is expressive in both voice and feeling and tempers strength with gentleness; her drum and clapper work is precise and her performance delicate. Her representative works include The Generals of the Hu Family (Hu Jia Jiang) and Du Shiniang.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Dongbei Dagu, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
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