Liu Zeting
Lineage & School of Heritage
From childhood he loved listening to and telling stories, and he heard a great many folk legends and tales about the Guyuyan from his grandfather Liu Yingwen, his maternal grandfather Shao Shuben, his father Liu Weizhen, his mother Shao Rulan and the fishermen of the older generation.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnic group, born in August 1944, a native of Dawa County, Liaoning Province. A storyteller of Guyuyan folk tales. After starting work he began deliberately to collect, collate and record the Guyuyan folk tales circulating in the locality. At present, besides devoting all his energy to excavating, collating and studying Guyuyan folk tales and Guyuyan folk customs, he is also actively engaged in collecting physical objects such as boat anchors and sea bowls, having gathered more than a hundred related items, so that the Guyuyan folk tales now have a material carrier to rest upon. He can tell more than a thousand tales, most of which have been included in Historical Sketches of the Customs and Scenery of Fishing Families, Legends of Liaodong Bay and Selected Folk Tales of the Guyuyan.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Guyuyan Folk Tales, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Guyuyan Folk Tales Ⅰ-18
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