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Lu Sibei

02-0721Heluo Dagu Drum BalladryQuyi (Narrative Performing Arts)Luoyang, HenanBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

In 1952 he learned the art from his father. In 1957 he joined a people's commune cultural work troupe, and in 1958 he was transferred to the quyi troupe of Yanshi County, Henan Province, where he studied under Zhang Tianpei, a second-generation transmitter of Heluo Dagu. He retired from the Yanshi Municipal Cultural Center in 1986 and afterwards devoted himself to collating documents on Heluo Dagu; he is currently a council member of the Luoyang Quyi Artists Association.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1942 in Yanshi, Henan. His singing is resonant, his movements are expansive, and his use of pitch and mode is apt. His representative works include Mei Jianmian de Caifang (An Interview Never Met) and Pingyuan Qiangsheng (Gunfire on the Plains).

Honors & Recognition

National representative bearer of Heluo Dagu, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Lu Sibei · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Heluo Dagu Drum Balladry
Item code
Ⅴ-12
Category
Quyi (Narrative Performing Arts)
Region
Luoyang, Henan
Born
1942.02
Batch
Batch 2 (2008)

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