You Xueyao

02-0746Longzhou Narrative SingingQuyi (Narrative Performing Arts)Foshanshishunde, GuangdongBatch 2 (2008)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

At the age of forty he began to study under You Zhenfa. His singing has a pure Shunde accent and an authentic Longzhou style; he not only performed the classic Longzhou repertoire but was also skilled at composing and performing Longzhou songs whose content consists of blessings and congratulatory words, which were much loved by the people. The Longzhou songs he composed and performed include Ba Zi He Zheng Ge (An Eight-Character New Year Blessing), Zhen Zheng Shi Jing Se Wei (Truly Magnificent Scenery), Song Long Zhou (Sending Off the Dragon Boat) and Wang Lao, Wang Shao, Wang Zai, Wang Sun (Prospering the Elders, the Young, the Children and the Grandchildren), among others.

Honors & Recognition

Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1939, died in 2010, a native of Shunde, Guangdong. Representative bearer of Longzhou Narrative Singing, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

You Xueyao · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Longzhou Narrative Singing Ⅴ-31

Profile

Representative item: Longzhou Narrative Singing
Item code: Ⅴ-31
Category: Quyi (Narrative Performing Arts)
Region: Foshanshishunde, Guangdong
Born: 1939.07
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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