Shi Jitong
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of eight he began learning the craft from his father, Shi Fuyan, and mastered all the basic skills of the Daoist profession: blowing, percussion, writing and recitation.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Dharma name Dingtong; male, Han ethnicity, born in July 1924, a native of Shanghai. Since 1986 he has organised all the ritual materials of Daoist music, including buxu processional chant, song, praise, gatha and other liturgical content; the ritual music he has contributed, such as the large wind-and-percussion pieces Wan Hua Deng (Ten Thousand Flower Lanterns) and Ma Dui (The Cavalry), has become a uniquely held repertoire within Shanghai Daoist music.
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Daoist Music (Shanghai Daoist Music), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Over his long career in Daoist music he has taught a great many Daoist disciples, and he is an influential representative bearer of Daoist music in the Jiading area.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
- Daoist Music Ⅱ-139
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