Guo Tianlu
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of twelve he learned the sanxian under his father Guo Chengming, and after 1960 he studied the performance of such instruments as the sihu, erhu, dizi and fenghuangqin under Zhang Shengcai, the foremost transmitter of Xinjiang Quzi in Mori Kazakh Autonomous County.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1937 in Fuping, Shaanxi. He formerly worked at the Economic and Trade Commission of Mori Kazakh Autonomous County, Xinjiang. His singing is loud and resonant, with round and precise articulation. For several decades he performed in the countryside over long periods and was warmly received by the people. The traditional pieces he collected and collated include Liang Qin Jia Da Jia (Two In-Law Families Expose Fakes), Liu Hai Kan Qiao (Liu Hai Chops Firewood) and Lao Huan Shao (The Old Swapped for the Young), and his original pieces include Wang San Shua Qian (Wang San Gambles), Zhang Xian Sheng Zui Jiu (Mr. Zhang Gets Drunk) and Yi Gen Sheng Zi (A Rope), among others.
Honors & Recognition
Representative bearer of Xinjiang Quzi, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Xinjiang Quzi Ⅴ-30
- Xinjiang Quzi Ⅴ-30
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