Zhao Piding
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Bai, born in 1942, a native of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan. He graduated from the Dali County School of Literature and Art in 1960, and from 1964 he devoted himself to Raosanling cultural activities and appeared on stage singing Bai dabenqu narrative song, earning the titles of Master of Yunnan Ethnic and Folk Music and Folk Art Master of Dali Prefecture. He has a thorough command of the sacrificial rites of Bai Raosanling and of such folk performances as antiphonal singing between men and women, the bawangbian (ruler-whip) dance, lion and dragon dances and huadeng song-and-dance, and he is especially accomplished in singing dabenqu. To date he has released the albums Liang Zhu Pei (The Romance of Liang and Zhu) and San Chu Zhu Xiuxing, as well as the dabenqu Liaodong Ji (The Liaodong Chronicle), Liang Zhu Pei and Hudie Quan (Butterfly Spring).
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Bai Raosanling, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Bai Raosanling Ⅹ-41
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