Li Zichun
Lineage & School of Heritage
He began studying kunci (Kunqu-style sung lyrics) in 1981 and is the fifth-generation bearer and the fifth-generation head of the Li Family Troupe, a folk wind-and-percussion kunci ensemble.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
He commands all the qupai and pieces of the Li Family Troupe's original repertoire and the full range of kunci wind-and-percussion skills, suona blowing, gong-and-drum playing and sung lyrics alike, and has also mastered the performance styles of the Qingshan and Yaxi modes. His suona playing and his gong-and-drum work are both of the highest order.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Han ethnicity, born in March 1964, died in April 2011, a native of Chongqing. A national representative bearer of Chuida (Jielong Chuida), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He trained the sixth-generation bearer of the Li Family Troupe and guided that bearer in training the seventh generation, thereby saving kunci, a wind-and-percussion genre of the Bayu region.
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