Li Xueqiang
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1974 Li Xueqiang began learning from his grandfather such feats as climbing the ladder of knives and walking through the sea of fire, and he is now the only transmitter who has mastered the feat in all its aspects.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Lisu, born in 1959, a native of Lushui, Yunnan. He is able to conduct the Daogan Festival on his own. He has mastered the whole sequence of rites held before the knife-ladder ceremony, namely dianhua (consecrating the flowers), diandao (consecrating the blades), shuadao (brandishing the blades), zhadao (binding the blades), the raising of the knife ladder and the sacrifices, and he can also sing in a range of different tunes.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of the Lisu Daogan Festival, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1998 his walking through the sea of fire won a second prize at the Sixth Ethnic Games of Yunnan Province.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Lisu Daogan Festival Ⅹ-27
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