Zheng Yuhua

03-0901Dragon DanceTraditional DanceQuzhou, HebeiBatch 3 (2009)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

He was a man of Han ethnicity, born in February 1939 in Quzhou County, Hebei Province. A passionate lover of folk culture from childhood, he began learning dragon dance at the age of twelve, took the dragon-head position in performance at seventeen, and started learning to make dragon lanterns at twenty-one. He has continually studied and refined both the crafting of dragon lanterns and the techniques of dragon dance, introducing innovations of his own. Every year, in the slack farming season or on festivals and holidays, he organises training and performances in dragon-lantern making and dragon-dance technique. Since 2005 he has repeatedly led the dragon-lantern performance team of Dongjie Village to large-scale events such as the Chinese Dragon Culture Festival, Culture and Art Week and the Central Plains Folk Art Festival, winning high praise from all quarters of society. He actively organises training classes, passing on the skills of dragon-lantern making and performance, and has trained a large number of successors in the craft.

Honors & Recognition

He is a national representative bearer of Dragon Dance (Quzhou Dragon Lantern), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Zheng Yuhua · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Dragon Dance
Item code: Ⅲ-4
Category: Traditional Dance
Region: Quzhou, Hebei
Born: 1939.02
Batch: Batch 3 (2009)

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