Liu Yuanyang
Lineage & School of Heritage
He studied under the second-generation bearers Liu Yunshu, his father, and Liu Pu, his mother, who was known by her maiden surname Pu.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
A storyteller of Zouma Town folk tales. In 1984 he took part in the survey work for the Three Collections of Chinese Folk Literature, telling five hundred folk tales and recording thirty audio and video cassettes. In 2000 he was engaged by Zouma Primary School as an off-campus counsellor for folk storytelling, took part in storytelling coaching activities at the school on many occasions, and accepted a number of pupils as disciples. He regularly took part in storytelling activities in Jiulongpo District and Zouma Town. In 1996 the folk tales he told, Gui Erzi (The Ghost Son) and Xu Banwen and Xu Banxian, were included in Folk Tales of Zouma Town, jointly compiled by UNESCO, the China Folk Literature and Art Association and the Sichuan Folk Literature and Art Association.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Han ethnic group, born in September 1938, died in October 2019, a native of Chongqing Municipality. National representative bearer of Zouma Town Folk Tales, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1990 he was awarded the title of municipal-level folk storyteller by the Chongqing Municipal Cultural Bureau.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Zoumazhen Folk Tales Ⅰ-17
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