Wu Jiwen
Lineage & School of Heritage
A devoted lover of folk art since childhood, he was especially drawn to the Yuecun guazi, a folk percussion tradition that originated in his own village, and through the word and example of his grandfather and father he mastered the basic techniques and repertory of Wenshui guazi.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
He is a man of the Han ethnic group, born in September 1952 in Wenshui County, Shanxi Province. Since the 1980s he has concentrated on the recovery, organization, transmission and development of Wenshui guazi, and through decades of unremitting effort he has successively arranged four movements, Lei Ming Dian Shan (Thunder and Lightning), Wu Yun Fan Gun (Rolling Dark Clouds), Pu Jiang Gan Lin (Timely Rain Falls) and Xi Qing Feng Shou (Celebrating the Harvest), leading the Wenshui Guazi Art Troupe in competitions and performances of many kinds and carrying on teaching and research through performance in place of rehearsal. In recent years he has taken an active part in programmes that bring intangible cultural heritage into schools, lecturing and demonstrating for young students and broadening the audience for Wenshui guazi; he has also sought cooperation with universities for in-depth research and development, working jointly to advance the transmission and development of Wenshui guazi.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Wenshuiguzi, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Wenshuiguzi Ⅱ-64
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